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General Information
- Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
- ASAMD013.
- Course Title (CB02)
- Asian Americans and Asia
- Course Credit Status
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Effective Term
- Fall 2023
- Course Description
- This course examines how the relationship between the U.S. and Asia has shaped the experiences of Asians in the U.S. and the racial formation of Asian Americans. The course focuses on war and militarism, international political and economic relations, and globalization to analyze their impact on migration, racial politics, economic practices, identity, community formation, sexuality and activism among Asians in the U.S. The course explores historical and contemporary examples from the 19th century to the present to assess efforts by Asian Americans for self-determination in a transnational context.
- Faculty Requirements
- Course Family
- Not Applicable
Course Justification
This course meets a general education requirement for 爱豆传媒 College, CSU, and IGETC. It applies to the Certificate of Achievement in Asian American Studies. This course is UC and CSU transferable. This course concentrates on the impact of U.S.-Asia political-economic relations on the lives of Asian Americans from the 19th century to the present.
Foothill Equivalency
- Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
- No
- Foothill Course ID
Formerly Statement
Course Development Options
- Basic Skill Status (CB08)
- Course is not a basic skills course.
- Grade Options
- Letter Grade
- Pass/No Pass
- Repeat Limit
- 0
Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
| 爱豆传媒 GE | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2GDX | 爱豆传媒 GE Area D - Social and Behavioral Sciences | Approved |
| CSU GE | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGDY | CSU GE Area D - Social Sciences | Approved |
| IGETC | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG4X | IGETC Area 4 - Social and Behavioral Sciences | Approved |
Units and Hours
Summary
- Minimum Credit Units
- 4.0
- Maximum Credit Units
- 4.0
Weekly Student Hours
| Type | In Class | Out of Class |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture Hours | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| Laboratory Hours | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Course Student Hours
- Course Duration (Weeks)
- 12.0
- Hours per unit divisor
- 36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
- Lecture
- 48.0
- Laboratory
- 0.0
- Total
- 48.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
- Lecture
- 96.0
- Laboratory
- 0.0
- NA
- 0.0
- Total
- 96.0
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Advisory(ies)
EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.
Limitation(s) on Enrollment
Entrance Skill(s)
General Course Statement(s)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Methods of Instruction
Lecture and visual aids
Discussion of assigned reading
Discussion and problem solving performed in class
In-class essays
In-class exploration of Internet sites
Quiz and examination review performed in class
Homework and extended projects
Guest speakers
Collaborative learning and small group exercises
Collaborative projects
Film/documentaries
Field observation and field trips
Assignments
- Reading
- Reading assignments from one or more texts.
- Supplemental readings - such as primary source documents, news articles, research reports - may also be assigned.
- Writing. Instructor will choose a combination from the following:
- Critical short essays, commentaries, summaries, reflections, etc. based on readings and other course materials.
- Guided research, class project, or a multimedia project that includes participation in (diasporic) Asian American community advocacy or activities.
- Peer feedback on the work of classmates on selected assignments.
Methods of Evaluation
- The final project - a guided research or multimedia project - will be evaluated based on a rubric that assessing quality of information synthesis, critical analysis, support for argument; creativity; inclusion of required elements.
- Critical short essays, commentaries, summaries, reflections, etc. will be evaluated based on quality of information synthesis, critical analysis, and support for argument.
- Class participation will be evaluated based on frequency and quality of contribution toward class discussions or specified group project(s).
Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities
Essential Student Materials:聽
- None.
- None.
Examples of Primary Texts and References
| Author | Title | Publisher | Date/Edition | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bui, Thi. The Best We Could Do. Abrams ComicArts, 2017. | ||||
| Lee, Erika. The Making of Asian America: A History. Simon & Schuster. 2016. | ||||
| Hong, Jane H. Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion. University of North Carolina, 2019. | ||||
| Nelson, Kim Park. Invisible Asians: Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism. Rutgers, 2016. | ||||
| Soldiering through Empire Race and the Making of the Decolonizing Pacific, Simeon Man, University of California Press, 2018. |
Examples of Supporting Texts and References
| Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Fajardo, Kale Bantigue.Filipino Crosscurrents: Oceanographies of Seafaring, Masculinities, and Globalization. University of Minnesota Press, 2011. | ||
| Gonzalez, Vernadette. Securing paradise: Tourism and militarism in Hawai'i and the Philippines. Duke University Press, 2013. | ||
| Hoang, Kimberly. Dealing in desire: Asian ascendancy, western decline, and the hidden currencies of global sex work. University of California Press, 2015. | ||
| Lien, Pei-Te; Christian Collet. The Transnational Politics of Asian Americans. Temple University Press, 2009. | ||
| Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee. A New History of Asian America. Routledge. 2013. | ||
| Man, Simeon. Soldiering Through Empire: Race and the Making of the Decolonizing Pacific. University of California Press, 2018. | ||
| Mitchell, Katharyne. Crossing the Neoliberal Line: Pacific Rim Migration and the Metropolis. Temple University Press, 2004. | ||
| Ong, Aihwa. Flexible Citizenship. Duke University Press, 1999. | ||
| Odo, Franklin. No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawaii. Temple University Press, 2004. | ||
| Okihiro, Gary. Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States. University of California Press, 2008. | ||
| Padoongpatt, Mark. Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America. University of California, 2017. | ||
| Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar. Children of Global Migration: Transitional Families and Gendered Woes. Stanford University Press, 2005. | ||
| Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar. 2008. The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization. NYU Press, 2008. | ||
| Sturdevant, Saundra; Brenda Stoltzfus. Let the good times roll: Prostitution and the U.S. military in Asia. New Press, 1993. | ||
| Yung, Judy. The Chinese Exclusion Act and Angel Island: A Brief History with Documents. Bedford/St. Martin's. 2019. | ||
| Zia, Helen. Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of of an American People, 1st edition. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2001. | ||
| Zia, Helen. Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution. Ballantine Books, 2019. | ||
| Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit. Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World. University of Minnesota Press, 2010. |
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
Course Objectives
- Examine Asian American Studies as an interdisciplinary field within Ethnic Studies and in conversation with a global and diasporic perspective.
- Examine economic relations between the U.S. and Asia in the context of global racialized capitalism
- Analyze and assess the racial formations of Asian Americans based on transnational relations of political economy, citizenship, war and militarism, and immigration between the U.S. and Asia
- Explore and assess racialized patterns and experiences of family, gender, and sexual intimacy relations of Asians in the U.S.
CSLOs
- Analyze historical and/or contemporary political economic linkages between the U.S. and Asia and how they have shaped the experiences and identities of Asians in the U.S.
- Evaluate the ways Asians in the U.S. have engaged in global relations between the U.S. and Asia to shape the creation and flows of goods, ideas, and/or cultures.
- Complete a project utilizing critical analysis, research, and writing skills to assess the relationship between the U.S. and Asia and its impact on on an issue that significantly affects an Asian American population.
Outline
- Examine Asian American Studies as an interdisciplinary field within Ethnic Studies and in conversation with a global and diasporic perspective.
- Assess the historical origins and development of the field in the context of 1960s U.S. social movements and radical politics.
- Analyze intellectual and institutional developments in the field such as Asian American historiography, professionalization of Asian American Studies, the "transnational turn," and emergent diasporic and global frameworks.
- Explore the key analytics and research methodologies of Asian American Studies in terms of their engagement with the social sciences and humanities.
- Identify the contributions of Asian American Studies to the social sciences and humanities.
- Examine economic relations between the U.S. and Asia in the context of global racialized capitalism
- Analyze the project of American nation-building and the early development of U.S. capital in the Asia Pacific in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Evaluate US-Asia labor and trade relations through historical examples, such as the coolie trade, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the plantations in Hawaii, and agriculture in the U.S., especially in the West and South.
- Evaluate US-Asia labor and trade relations in the post-WWII era, the expansion of global markets, and anxiety about the growing power of Asian capital in globalization through examples such as trade wars with East Asia.
- Analyze and assess the racial formations of Asian Americans based on transnational relations of political economy, citizenship, war and militarism, and immigration between the U.S. and Asia
- Analyze U.S. immigration policies and laws, and relationships with Asia based on U.S. labor dynamics, citizenship, and racial formation through examples in the 19th and 20th centuries such as the Chinese Exclusion (1882), Asiatic Barred Zone (1917), McCarren-Walter Act (1952), Hart-Cellar Act (1965), and Temporary Worker Visas, such as H1-B status.
- Assess the legacy of U.S. imperial, colonial, and military interests in Asia and their relationship to war, trauma, migration, and settlement in the U.S. through examples in the 19th and 20th centuries such as U.S. control of the Hawaiian archipelago, the Philippine-American War, World War II and the Pacific Islands, the Vietnam War and the 鈥淪ecret鈥 War, and the Korean War.
- Evaluate the process of transnational adoption and its impact on the racialization of Asian Americans, through examples such as U.S. adoptions from China, Korea, and Vietnam.
- Explore and assess racialized patterns and experiences of family, gender, and sexual intimacy relations of Asians in the U.S.
- Assess the influence of U.S. military intervention in Asia on sexual and intimate relations between U.S. military service persons and Asian men and women.
- Analyze historical constructions of masculinity and femininity and their racialized, globalized and localized geographies through examples such as figures of Asian women as prostitutes, discourses about moral and sexual needs among U.S. servicemen in Asia, and conceptions of 鈥渨ar brides.鈥
- Analyze sites in Asia that have been gendered and sexualized as a result of U.S. military intervention through examples such as military bases in Okinawa, South Korea, and the Philippines.
- Identify social movements that have addressed sexual violence and exploitation through examples such as movements against U.S. military bases, movements to prosecute perpetrators of sexual violence and to eliminate "status of forces agreements,鈥 solidarity with "comfort women,鈥 and international feminist movements against militarization.
- Identify and understand the creation of the global economies of gendered labor and the formation of transnational households, through examples such as gender ideologies in Filipino migrant families, and caregiving and flows of migrant labor from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
- Assess the influence of U.S. military intervention in Asia on sexual and intimate relations between U.S. military service persons and Asian men and women.
