ETHSM-2000-1: Asian American Arts and Cultures
Fall 2026
- Subject: Critical Ethnic Studies - Seminar
- Type: Seminar
- Delivery Mode: In-Person
- Level: Undergraduate
- Course Dates: September 02, 2026 — December 15, 2026
- Meetings: Thu 12:15-02:45PM, Main Bldg - E2
- Instructor: Melinda De Jesus
- Units: 3.0
- Enrolled: 14/18
Melinda De Jesus
Associate Professor, Critical Ethnic Studies Program
Description:
This course explores selected aspects of Asian American cultural production--literature, film, visual art, music and theater--in an effort to understand and appreciate: 1) the definitive traditions and sensibilities of Asian American cultural practices; 2) the development of Asian American culture as a response to life in America for the immigrant, refugee and American born generations; and 3) Asian American aesthetics as part of an evolving intersectional and political identity in America. Our analysis will emphasize racialization, class, gender/sexuality, cultural resistance and empowerment, ethnic identity and BIPOC solidarity.Critical Ethnic Studies 2000-level seminars introduce students to the complexities and nuances of intersectionality, gender, disability, decolonial theory & philosophy, in imperialist and non-imperialist societies. 2000-level seminars may incorporate one or more of the following interdisciplinary fields of critical ethnic studies: Africana studies, African-American Studies, Asian American studies, Indigenous studies, Chicano/a /x, and Latino /a/x studies, border studies, cultural studies, critical disability studies, critical gender studies, and global racialized and global silenced communities. Courses can be in-person, hybrid, or online.
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