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General Information
- Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
- ASAMD021.
- Course Title (CB02)
- Asian Pacific Americans Make Culture
- Course Credit Status
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Effective Term
- Fall 2023
- Course Description
- This course will survey and analyze Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) media, which includes media that both represent AAPIs and are produced by AAPIs within a US context. It explores the politics, economics, and competing ideologies of cultural representation among the AAPI community. This interdisciplinary course will cover a wide variety of media, such as film, television, music, literature, journalism, digital media, fine art, comics, and illustration.
- Faculty Requirements
- Course Family
- Not Applicable
Course Justification
This course meets a general education requirement for °®¶¹´«Ã½, CSU GE, and IGETC. It belongs on the Asian American Studies Certificate of Achievement. This course is UC and CSU transferable. This course will examine popular representations of and cultural productions by Asian Pacific Americans via various forms of media including texts, film/television, music, visual art, blogs/websites, and performances.
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
| °®¶¹´«Ã½ GE | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2GC2 | °®¶¹´«Ã½ GE Area C2 - Humanities | Approved |
| CSU GE | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGC2 | CSU GE Area C2 - Humanities | Approved |
| IGETC | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG3B | IGETC Area 3B - Humanities | 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
In-class discussion and problem solving
In-class writing assignments
In-class exploration of digital media
In-class quiz and examination review
Homework and extended projects
Guest speakers
Collaborative learning and small group exercises
Collaborative projects
Optional field trips
Assignments
- Reading assignments
- Supplementary readings to be assigned to provide more in-depth knowledge, analysis, and theories on specific topics, issues, research and cultural representations.
- Suggested supplemental sources.
- Written assignments
- Critical essays based on readings and other course materials
- Research project
- Collaborative group work
Methods of Evaluation
- Final research project to assess student skills in finding and evaluating outside sources relevant to the course topic. Students will be assessed using a rubric showing that students are able to research and utilize primary and secondary sources.
- Group project in which students apply methods of cultural production to produce a work of art, media, literature, or music that engages with representation of Asian Americans and/or Pacific Islanders. Students will be assessed using a rubric measuring their ability to present clearly and engage with the course topics.
- Participation and contribution in classroom activities and discussion in which student abilities to interpret and process information will be applied. Students will be evaluated using a participation grading rubric and self-assessment that assesses their contributions to class.
- Students will be evaluated using a rubric that shows their comprehension of the reading assignments, their critical understanding and application of course concepts and topics in their written assignments and through reflections, general feedback and discussion to assess successful collaborative group work.
Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities
Essential Student Materials:Â
- None.
- None.
Examples of Primary Texts and References
| Author | Title | Publisher | Date/Edition | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bui, Thi. | The Best We Could Do | Abrams | 2017 | |
| Castillo, Elaine | America Is Not the Heart | Viking Press | 2018 | |
| Lopez, L. K. | Asian American Media Activisim: Fighting for Cultural Citizenship | New York University | 2016 | |
| Lopez, L. K. | The Routledge Companion to Asian American Media | Routledge | 2017 | |
| Oren, T., Dave, S., and Nishime, L. | Global Asian American Popular Cultures | New York University Press | 2016 | |
| Lee, Shannon (producer) | Warrior | HBOMax | 2019-2021 | |
| Tan, Budjette. | Trese | Diamond Comic Distributors | 2015- |
Examples of Supporting Texts and References
| Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Bite Hard | ||
| Media Literacy in the United States | ||
| Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video | ||
| Screening Asian Americans | ||
| Where We Once Belonged | ||
| Reading the Popular | ||
| Dream Jungle | ||
| Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices | ||
| Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage | ||
| Monstress | ||
| The Sympathizer | ||
| Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet: Race. Gender, and the Work of Personal Style Blogging | ||
| Straightjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods In the Movies | ||
| Monstress | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Speak It Louder: Asian Americans Making Music | ||
| American Born Chinese | ||
| Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology | ||
| Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology |
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
Course Objectives
- Assess, interpret and analyze popular works of Asian American cultural representation.
- Recognize and evaluate the contributions of AAPIs in media and cultural production by studying works of philosophical, historical, literary, aesthetic, and cultural importance.
- Explore, recognize, and compare the economic, social, and political constraints that have resulted in the cultural representation of AAPIs and the creation of culture made by AAPI artists to serve as a tool for social and political awareness.
- Analyze aspects of colonialism, racism, and sexism, as well as social constructions of terms such as race and gender, through the study of culture, including the study of representations of race and ethnicity, exposing cultural stereotypes and in discussion of patterns of identity.
- Examine theories of media literacy, and cultural production and consumption.
CSLOs
- Examine the history, politics, and economics of the culture industry as it pertains to AAPI representation through readings, discussions, videos and written assignments.
- Analyze visual and media literacy using critical thinking skills by way of discussions, videos and assignments.
- Utilize skills of textual analysis and evaluate and synthesize primary and secondary resources culminating in a research project.
- Learn, identify and apply theories from critical race, gender, and ethnic studies through readings, discussions, videos and written assignments.
Outline
- Assess, interpret and analyze popular works of Asian American cultural representation.
- Identify and apply critical approaches to a textual analysis by examining how popular culture can be read.
- Develop critical media literacy through textual and visual analysis.
- Understand broader practical application of cultural analysis.
- Recognize and evaluate the contributions of AAPIs in media and cultural production by studying works of philosophical, historical, literary, aesthetic, and cultural importance.
- Discuss the cultural significance of historic and contemporary examples of AAPI media production.
- Identify and analyze the aesthetic, technical, and stylistic characteristics of diverse forms of cultural production and representation, such as literature, film, television, music, and digital media.
- Evaluate and interpret AAPI cultural products and representations from a philosophical perspective through a discussion of how such representations transmit values and ideologies.
- Analyze contemporary and historical processes of marginalization and appropriation within the context of AAPI cultural representation.
- Explore, recognize, and compare the economic, social, and political constraints that have resulted in the cultural representation of AAPIs and the creation of culture made by AAPI artists to serve as a tool for social and political awareness.
- Examine and analyze socio-economic and political events, actions, and representations of and/or by AAPIs through various forms of media and cultural production.
- Collaborate in group activities/projects as well as individual reflective pieces that prompt students to explore the making and/or telling of their identities as AAPIs.
- Analyze aspects of colonialism, racism, and sexism, as well as social constructions of terms such as race and gender, through the study of culture, including the study of representations of race and ethnicity, exposing cultural stereotypes, and in a discussion of patterns of identity.
- Recognize and analyze structural inequalities, such as racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, ableism, etc. as they pertain to AAPI cultural production and representation.
- Evaluate how structural inequalities perpetuate cultural stereotypes of AAPI communities and impact identity formation among AAPIs.
- Identify and apply various theoretical frameworks, such as critical race and gender theory, feminism, queer theory, post-colonial theory, historical materialism, psychoanalysis, and structuralism.
- Examine theories of media literacy, and cultural production and consumption.
- Critically define and examine culture, popular culture, and cultural production.
- Define and explore how meaning is created in texts.
- Define and explore the ways the audience consumes and receives texts.
- Understand and explore images as text, or representation.
- Understand and explore the ways dominant culture is resisted through the production of counter-hegemonic representation.
