Course Description:
This course explores selected aspects of Asian American cultural production-- literature, film, visual art, music, and theatre--in an effort to understand and appreciate:
1. Definitive traditions and sensibilities in Asian American cultural practices.
2. The development of Asian American culture as a response to life in America across immigrant, refugee, and American-born generations.
3. Asian American aesthetics as part of evolving intersectional and political identities in the United States.
This course explores selected aspects of Asian American cultural production-- literature, film, visual art, music, and theatre--in an effort to understand and appreciate:
1. Definitive traditions and sensibilities in Asian American cultural practices.
2. The development of Asian American culture as a response to life in America across immigrant, refugee, and American-born generations.
3. Asian American aesthetics as part of evolving intersectional and political identities in the United States.
- Instructor: Pallavi Sharma