AMST 205 - Chinese American History and Experience

The Chinese experience in the United States has been marked by the duality of inclusion and exclusion, the “model minority” and the “forever foreigner.” This class discusses the United States’s past and present from the perspective of Chinese American history to re-examine the development of core issues such as citizenship, democracy, and humanitarianism; immigration regulation and capitalism; international relations and empire; race, gender, and sexuality; identity and community formation; and resistance and activism. Using local, transnational, and diasporic frameworks to study the 18th century to the present day, this class prepares students to develop a critical understanding of contemporary Chinese American experiences and relations between the US, China, and Taiwan. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits