WMST 124: Asian American Women: Writing the Self in Literature and Film

2008-09 2009-10 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2011-12 → 2011-12 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour

Catalog page 412

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Looks at Asian American autobiographies and films written and directed by women. Explores why the genre of autobiography is enabling and con- tentious within Asian American women’s writings. Examines films to see how such women filmmakers contend with memory, gender, and identity. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.