AAS 401B - Asian American Literature To The 1940s
Autumn 2022 | M/W 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM | Condon Hall 101 | 5 credits
SLN: 23671; VLPA, DIV
Instructor: Vince Schleitwiler
This isn’t your grandma’s Asian American literature class! Actually, maybe it's your great-grandma's. But she and great-grandpa were a little wilder than anybody told you, back in the day. Early Asian American literature is full of hard-drinking radicals, sharp dressers, dreamy nonconformists, and dangerous, badass women. Expect some surprises!
Asian American literature from nineteenth-century immigrants to the 1940s. Emphasis on Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino writings detailing the experience and sensibility of first generation immigrants. Early twentieth-century writing focus on the development not only of Asian American community, but also of second generation American-born Asian American writers.
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CHSTU 330A Chicano/Chicana Autobiography
Autumn 2022 | T/Th 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM | Chemistry Library Building 015 | 5 credits
SLN: 12817; I&S
Instructor: Lauro H. Flores
This course is intended to examine the Chicana/o experience as portrayed in autobiographical texts. An introduction covering the history, antecedents, formal aspects, and development of both autobiographical expression, in general, and Chicano literature and culture will establish the theoretical framework for the course. Afterwards, analysis and discussion of the assigned texts will occupy the main focus of the class. Selected theory and criticism texts will also be read and discussed. The main authors to be studied are Oscar Z. Acosta, Ernesto Galarza, Cleofas Jaramillo, Luis Pérez, and Richard Rodriguez.
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AFRAM 405A Advanced African American Studies In Social Science - #BLACKLIVESMATTER IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Autumn 2022 | M 3:30 PM - 6:20 PM | Communications Building 243 | 5 credits
SLN: 10175; I&S, DIV
Instructor: LaTasha Levy
*Note… instructor prefers you complete AES150 or AES151 before registering for the course.
Advanced study of racial formation, Black cultural production, and resistance among people of African descent throughout the Diaspora. Social science theories and methods used to examine various topics, including social scientific analysis of political history; social movements; intellectual traditions; theory; and intersections with urban, digital and legal studies; race, science, and biopolitics; public health and environmental studies.
Let me know if you have any questions about either of the courses and you can contact me at lthamill@uw.edu.