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

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Units: 4

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

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Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Analyzes 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. Cross-list- ed with MCS 123. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.