WS 470 Asian American Women?s Studies

Interdisciplinary course focusing on the contemporary experiences of Asian American women, examining ways in which race, gender, class, sexuality, and national identity shape the experiences of Asian American women. Topics: histories of immigration and western colonization; family and community structures; representations and stereotypes in media and popular culture; sexuality and sexual identities; mixed-heritage and bicultural experiences; the politics of language; violence against Asian American women; labor force participation; relationship to feminism; and activism and resistance.