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Spring 2019 | AMST 1012 Section 001: Migrants, Refugees, Citizens, and Exiles: The U.S. on an Immigrant Planet (55236)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 355
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Immigration to the United States at various historical periods and across geographical/political terrains. How immigration, as a national/racial project, is shaped by legal categories and discursive practices based on race, class, gender, and sexuality. Diverse ways marginalized groups produce national/transnational political practices.
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to offer students a way of understanding the central roles that various migrations have played in the United States and the larger Americas. It considers how different migrations have been central to the definition of national identity. The course thus conscientiously departs from traditional narratives of migration that focus exclusively on European immigrants coming to the United States and fulfilling "the American dream." Instead, the class will examine the ways in which migrations from across the globe are shaped by legal categories and cultural images that are based on race, class, gender, and sexuality. These migrations in turn transformed American law and culture. We examine categories such as "migrant," "citizen," refugee," "exile," "undocumented," "illegal," "asylum seeker," etc to understand how and to whom they are or are not applied. We ask how social processes such as war, work, or sexuality influence to whom these categories are applied. The course focuses on a number of specific historical migrations. These migrations include, but are not limited to, the imperial voyage, Chinese migration and exclusion, the fortification of U.S. borders, Dakota migrations, and contemporary tourism.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
40% Reflection Papers
15% Class Participation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55236/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 April 2008
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