Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies

ASAM115. Theories and Methods in Asian American Studies. [K. Yep, PZ] This course identifies theoretical and methodological tools which distinguish Asian American Studies as a field of investigation. Asian American Studies not only documents the experience of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders but also provides an approach to theorize, analyze, teach, community-build, and research.

ASAM160. Asian American Women’s Experiences. [Staff, SCR] This course is an interdisciplinary examination of Asian and Pacific Islander American women. It will examine the history and experiences of Asian American women in the United States. The class will include both lecture and discussion and will cover various issues, such as gender roles, mass media stereotypes, Asian women’s feminism, and the impact of sexism and racism on the lives of Asian American women through education, work, and home life.

ASAM187/197. Special Topics in Asian American Studies. [Staff, SCR] Special topics courses typically provide advanced study of selected topics in Asian American Studies. Course topic varies depending on the socio-political climate on campus, as well as in the surrounding community. For spring 2007, the course will focus on one of the following subjects: religion in Asian American communities, multiraciality/multiethnicity, or the historical development of Asian American political organizing and activism. For more information, please contact Madeline Gosiaco at mgosiaco@pomona.edu.

ASAM190b. Asian American Studies Senior Thesis. [Staff, TBA] Students will work with one or more faculty on original thesis research toward completion of senior thesis.

HIST172. Empire & Sexuality: Gender, Nation, and British and French Colonialisms [C. Johnson, PZ] Examines the formation of genders in colonial Asia and Africa from the 18th century through the early 20th-centuries. We will look at men and women, colonizers and colonized, and hetero- and homosexualities in order to understand the connections between gender, sexuality, race, and power. Themes will include gendered discourses that defined political authority and powerlessness; the roles that women's bodies played in conceptualizing domesticity and desire; and evolving imperial attitudes toward miscegenation, citizenship, and rights.

JPNT178. Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography. [L. Miyake, PO, TR 2:45–4:00 p.m.] The tradition of the native Japanese literary diary (nikki bungaku), modern Japanese autobiography and autobiographical writings, and Japanese American diary/autobiography, emphasizing works by women. Readings in literary criticism on autobiography in general and women's autobiography in particular.

MS100AA. Asian Americans in Media: A Historical Survey. [M. Ma, PZ] This is a historical survey of Asian American involvement in media production, beginning with the Silent Film Era and ending with contemporary projects in film, video, and new media. In this course, we will focus on the shifting yet continuous participation of Asians in the production of media in North America, and look at how changing political, social, and cultural discourses have shaped media representations of Asians throughout this period. Prerequisites: any intro-level Media Studies or Asian American Studies course.

POLI118. Politics, Economics, and Culture of Korea. [T. Kim, SCR] This course will be both an intensive introduction to the history, politics, economics, and cultures of the two states on the Korean peninsula, with their interlocking histories and greatly divergent economic, political, and social realities; and a sustained theoretical and methodological inquiry into the relationship between the state, economic development and civil society.

POLI127AA. Politics and Public Policy of Asian Communities in the United States. [T. Kim, SCR] This course examines the intersection between Asian Americans and the politics of race and ethnicity. Central to the course is the claim that understanding race is critical to understanding American politics and that any sophisticated analysis of race must include the role of Asians in America.

PSYC153AA. Introduction to Asian American Psychology. [S. Goto, PO] Introduces students to the salient psychological issues of Asian Americans. Taking into account the social, cultural, and historical context of the Asian American experience, this course addresses values and cultural conflict development, acculturation, marriage and gender roles, vocational development, psychopathology, and delivery of mental health services.