AAST350

Explores the historical and current day experiences of diverse South Asian groups in the United States. Drawing from an array of materials, including historical, literary, visual and media texts, the course examines several key issues-- such as immigrant family and generational gap, racial stereotyping, media representation, the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality, the model minority and identity politics, casteism, and interracial relations and ethnic identity formation-- from both national and transnational frameworks for understanding historical and contemporary experiences of South Asian Americans.