Fall 2008

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AAS 490
Adv Topics in Asian Am Studies

Credit:  3 or 4 hours.


Research seminar on specialized topics in Asian American Studies. May be repeated if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term if topics vary. Prerequisite: AAS 100 or any Asian American Studies course, or consent of instructor.


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CRNTypeSectionTimeDays Location  Instructor
45440  lecture- discussion  DC 09:00 AM - 11:50 AM  room 174
Wohlers Hall 
Coyoca, W 
3 hours
Topic: Creative Non-fiction: Writing Memoir, Personal Narrative, and Life Histories. Meets with LLS 496, CRN 52337, section DC (undergrads only course). This course is a writing workshop focused on the craft of writing creatively about our own lives. We will discuss the art and creative processes of writing non-fiction. In this class we will also examine the relationship between form and content, stories and social issues. In addition to sharing our own creative pieces, we will also read and discuss memoirs, essays, and stories by published writers of color.

47824  lecture- discussion  FN 03:00 PM - 05:50 PM  room 241
Armory 
Ngo, F 
4 hours
Transnational Sexualities
Meets with GWS 490, sections FN (CRN 47820), FNU (CRN 47844), and LLS 496, sections FNG (CRN 52017), FN (CRN 52016). How are sexualities viewed differently as people and ideas cross national borders? How can our understandings of nations and races affect the way that sexuality is seen at home and abroad? How can the rhetoric of sexuality be used to justify and make sense of war? This course is designed to investigate the ways in which sexual identities change as national contexts change, as borders are crossed, and as definitions of race and gender shift. The course interrogates how national identities, modernities, and colonial narratives are built on ideas of racialized sexualities, and, as such, is particularly interested in the study of the queer diaspora. Areas of inquiry will include imperialism, immigration, war, tourism and globalization.

47849  lecture- discussion  FNU 03:00 PM - 05:50 PM  room 241
Armory 
Ngo, F 
3 hours
Transnational Sexualities
Meets with GWS 490, sections FN (CRN 47820), FNU (CRN 47844), and LLS 496, sections FNG (CRN 52017), FN (CRN 52016). How are sexualities viewed differently as people and ideas cross national borders? How can our understandings of nations and races affect the way that sexuality is seen at home and abroad? How can the rhetoric of sexuality be used to justify and make sense of war? This course is designed to investigate the ways in which sexual identities change as national contexts change, as borders are crossed, and as definitions of race and gender shift. The course interrogates how national identities, modernities, and colonial narratives are built on ideas of racialized sexualities, and, as such, is particularly interested in the study of the queer diaspora. Areas of inquiry will include imperialism, immigration, war, tourism and globalization.