AMST 380 - Chop Suey to the Kogi Taco Truck: Asian American Food and Identity

Prerequisite, Asian American studies, anthropology minors or consent of instructor. This course offers a history of Asians in America, examining different immigrant groups and their integration into the American food landscape. This course will provide students with history and analysis (and cuisine) of Asia and how it has become distinctly American in an investigation of the dissemination and hybridization of food. Discussions will reinforce the history of Asians in America culminating in an original research project that analyzes and synthesizes issues of racial identity and cultural politics, through food. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits