Spring 2019

Making Asians: Asian American in Literature and Law

Listed in: American Studies, as AMST-330

Faculty

Robert T. Hayashi (Section 01)

Description

This course examines the construction of Asian American identity from the late 1800s to the present day by examining literary texts and legal texts and how they have shaped definitions of distinct Asian ethnicities and panethnic identities. We will explore how Asians in America have been defined in the law and literary arts and how work in these distinct spheres of American life—law and literature—have been in conversation. We will focus on such issues as immigration, citizenship, and civil rights and their relation to Asian American identity. Readings will include fiction, drama, poetry, literary criticism, legal cases, legal codes and statutes, legal studies and history, and ethnic studies. Coursework will include essays, oral presentations, and a research project.

Limited to 18 students. Spring semester. Professor Hayashi.

If Overenrolled: Priority to American Studies majors.

Keywords

Attention to Issues of Race, Attention to Writing

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2019