Provisional Course Schedule
All reading should be completed before class time on the day it is assigned. Pdf files are available on Canvas–>Files–>Readings; you should have a digital or printed copy of those works in class on days they are assigned.
Week 1
M Aug 26 Introductions
W Aug 28 PDF Essay: Wing Sue et al, “Racial Microaggressions and the Asian American Experience.” A Grossly Reductive Lecture by mns. Add yourself as a user to the blog!
F Aug 30 PDF Essays: Said, excerpt from Orientalism; Okihiro, “When and Where I Enter”
By midnight on August 30:
- sign up for ONE Reading Question date/author
- sign up for ONE RMP date/topic
Week 2
M Sept 2 Labor Day—no class
W Sept 4 Watanna, A Japanese Nightingale 85-124 (pdf)
F Sept 6 Watanna 125-171 and “Chinese Exclusion Act” (pdf)
Week 3
M Sept 9 Chin, Donald Duk 1-85
W Sept 11 Chin 86-172; RMP 1
F Sept 13 Kingston, The Woman Warrior 1-53 (“No Name Woman” and “White Tigers”); RMP 2
Week 4
M Sept 16 Kingston 55-109 (“Shaman”) Last call for Watanna Essays midnight tonight
W Sept 18 Kingston 111-160 (“At the Western Palace”)
F Sept 20 Kingston 161-209 (“A Song for the Barbarian Reed Pipe”) Last call for Chin Essays midnight tonight
Week 5
M Sept 23 Okada, No-No Boy XXIII-93 (Preface + chapters 1-4)
W Sept 25 Okada 94-167 (chapters 5-8) and “How to Tell Japs from the Chinese” (pdf); RMP 3
F Sept 27 Okada 168-221 (chapters 9-11)
Week 6
M Sept 30 Otsuka, When the Emperor was Divine 1-48; RMP 4
W Oct 2 Otsuka 49-105 Last call for Kingston Essays midnight tonight
F Oct 4 Otsuka 106-144 and “Japanese American Creed” (pdf)
Week 7
M Oct 7 Choi 1-34 (“Glossary of Terms” and “Turing Test_Empathetic Response”) Last call for Okada Essays midnight tonight
W Oct 9 Choi 37- 65 (“Turing Test_Boundaries” and “Turing Test _ Problem Solving”); RMP 5
F Oct 11 Choi 69-89 (“Turing Test_Love” and “Turing Test_Weight”)
Week 8
M Oct 14 Fall Break Last call for Otsuka Essays midnight tonight; everyone MUST have ONE essay submitted by this point
W Oct 16 Yoon, Once the Shore 3-56
F Oct 18 Yoon 57-111
Week 9
M Oct 21 REVISED: Class visit from Professor Renee Romano
W Oct 23 Yoon 199-266 (focus story: “And We Will Be Here”); recommended: “The Woodcarver’s Daughter” (113-157) Last call for Choi Essays midnight tonight
F Oct 25 Hagedorn, Dogeaters 1-54
Asian Cultural Celebration
October 27-November 2
Highlights:
Keynote Performer, Prem Raja Mahat (Nepal)
Sunday 10/27, 4:00, Digital Auditorium, HCC
Visualizing Marginalized Histories of Women
in Contemporary Asian Art
Monday 10/28, 6:00, Digital Auditorium, HCC
Taste of Asia
Saturday 11/2, 4:00, Chandler Ballroom, UC
Week 10
M Oct 28 Hagedorn 55-118; RMP 6
W Oct 30 Hagedorn 119-187; RMP 7
F Nov 1 Hagedorn 188-251 Last call for Yoon Essays midnight tonight
Week 11
M Nov 4 Ghosh, The Hungry Tide 1-69; RMP 8 and 9
W Nov 6 At NCHC Conference; class will not meet
F Nov 8 At NCHC Conference; class will not meet
Week 12
M Nov 11 Ghosh 69-209
W Nov 13 Ghosh 209-273 Last call for Hagedorn Essays midnight tonight
F Nov 15 Ghosh 273-329
Week 13
M Nov 18 lê, The Gangster We Are All Looking For 3-35 (“suh-top!”) and archival documents on the Fall of Saigon and Vietnamese refugees (pdf); RMP 10
W Nov 20 lê 36-99 (“palm” and “the gangster we are all looking for”); RMP 11
F Nov 22 lê 100-158 (“the bones of birds” and “nu’ó’c”); RMP 12
Week 14
M Nov 25 Poems from Angel Island and the Japanese internment camps (pdf)
Tuesday, November 26: Last call for Ghosh Essays midnight tonight
W Nov 27 Thanksgiving Break
F Nov 29 Thanksgiving Break
Week 15
M Dec 2 Vuong 3-51
W Dec 4 Vuong 55-85
F Dec 6 Vuong
Saturday December 7 at midnight: last call for lê or Vuong Essays midnight tonight; everyone MUST have TWO essays submitted by this point
FINALS WEEK
Monday, December 9, 8:30-11:00 a.m.