Units: 5
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours; written work, 1 hour; extra reading 2 hours
Catalog page 474
Prerequisites: upper- division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Focuses on former Indochinese refugees who are producing literature and films in the United States and France. Examines how the perception of Indochina has been constructed, particularly how the region has been gendered female in the colonial imaginary. Explores the return of Southeast Asian immigrants to the Western gaze.