週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
2/17 |
Introduction to course objectives |
第2週 |
2/24 |
What was the Asian American Movement? Readings by William Wei; Steve Louie; and Harvey Dong |
第3週 |
3/03 |
The 1968-1969 Student Strikes. Readings by Karen Umemoto; Glenn Omatsu; and video screening of On Strike! |
第4週 |
3/10 |
Review; introduction to Asian American studies library resources |
第5週 |
3/17 |
The Politics of Canonicity. Readings by Sau-ling C. Wong; King-Kok Cheung; and Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior |
第6週 |
3/24 |
Interlude I: The International Hotel, San Francisco, 1977 |
第7週 |
3/31 |
Internment and After: Readings by Mona Oikawa; Roy Miki; and Joy Kogawa’s Obasan |
第8週 |
4/07 |
Interlude II: Vincent Chin, Detroit, 1982 |
第9週 |
4/14 |
Contested Histories. Readings by Ronald Takaki; and contributors to the Amerasia forum on Strangers from a Different Shore |
第10週 |
4/21 |
The Politics of Ethnicity. Readings by Christopher Lee; and selected stories from Nam Le’s The Boat |
第11週 |
4/28 |
The Institutionalization of Asian American Studies. Readings by Mark Chiang; and Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s Blu’s Hanging |
第12週 |
5/05 |
Asian American Studies in Asia? Readings by Sau-ling C. Wong; and Chih-ming Wang |
第13週 |
5/12 |
Reading Asian American Literature after March 11, 2011. Readings by David Palumbo-Liu; and Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being |
第14週 |
5/19 |
Term paper proposals |
第15週 |
5/26 |
Has Asian American Studies Failed? Readings by Timothy Yu; Minh-ha Pham; Oliver Wang; Moustapha Bayoumi; and Celine Parrenas Shimizu |
第16週 |
6/02 |
In-class writing exercise |
第17週 |
6/09 |
Review; plus consultation |
第18週 |
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Wrap-up; term paper due at the beginning of class |