Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Examines major themes that influenced current theory in Asian American studies: the racist nature of political 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 mainstream American life. Explores how Asian American communities were viewed as sites for political mobilization, the building of alternative institutions, and the creation of an oppositional culture. Fulfills the Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.