SOC 350 - Asians and America

What is the place of Asians in America’s cultural and political imagination? This course will examine the construct of ‘Asia’ as America’s ‘Orient’ and how Asians are Orientalized in America’s social landscape. The course will explore the social, cultural and political landscape that ‘Asians’ have come to occupy in the process of making the United States as a modern nation/state. The course will look at historical and sociological analyses, textual and personal narratives, films, music, dance, and other forms of visual representations. (Previously Sociology 280)

Prerequisites
At least one 200-level Sociology or Social Sciences course

Credits 4

Area
Social Sciences

Connection
20041

Division
Social Sciences

Foundation
Beyond the West

Compass Attributes
Social Science