Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Examines major themes that influenced current theory in Asian American studies: the racist nature of politi- cal and legal institutions, labor markets, the popular culture; contemporary feminist theory and politics; criticism of the assimilation paradigm which predicted eventual political and economic integration into main- stream American life. Explores how Asian American communities were viewed as sites for political mobi- lization, the building of alternative institutions, and the creation of an oppositional culture. Fulfills the Social Ethnic Studies Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.