South Asia and "Brownness"
There was community formation between Punjabi immigrants and this group
Mexican Americans
What 2 places/entities in The Reluctant Fundamentalist are symbolic of the United States?
Princeton & Underwood Samson
What are (2) tropes that Asian women have been characterized as?
Ref. "Slaying the Dragon: Reloaded" and 4/8 lecture
True or False: Asian Americans are part of the popular imagination of the working class
False
What percentage of Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII were US citizens?
66% (2/3)
List at least (3) groups that "brown" commonly refers to
Ref. Sharma's "Brown"
Re. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, what is a janissary?
Ref. The Reluctant Fundamentalist and 4/1 lecture
What did the Page Act of 1875 effectively do?
Ref. 4/8 Lecture
What is the Korean term for the 1992 LA riots?
Sa-I-Gu (4-2-9)
What does Edward Said mean when he writes, “Orientalism. . . has less to do with the Orient than it does with ‘our’ world” in the introduction to Orientalism?
Ref. 2/7 lecture and "Orientalism"
Discuss (2) borders/boundaries that Mrs. Sen faces throughout the story - can be physical or symbolic
Ref. Mrs. Sen's
What are (2) changes to the national sentiment of Islamophobia post-9/11?
Ref. 3/25 Lecture
What does it mean when Wu and Butler say that gender is "performative"?
Ref. Wu's "Gender"
Discuss Cathy Park Hong's notion of "racial self-hatred"
Ref. "Minor Feelings"
Define Gary Okihiro's notion of "racial geography"
Ref. 1/29 lecture
Discuss (1) way that Filipinx migration was similar to other early histories of Asian American migration (Chinese and Japanese) and (1) way it was different
Ref. 3/18 lecture
Discuss (2) acts of terrorism committed against Asian Americans
Ref. Srikanth's "Terrorism"
Discuss the historical and social context of Asian "war brides"
Ref. 4/8 lecture
What does it mean when the portrayal of a character is "deracinated"? Give 2 examples
Ref. 4/22 lecture
What was the significance of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 in relation to the history of US immigration/exclusion?
Ref. Lee's "Coolies" and 2/14 lecture
Discuss the background and case of Baghat Singh Thind
Ref. 3/18 Lecture
Discuss how the effects of the war on terror and rise of the security state impacted the future of Cambodian Americans who committed crimes?
Ref. Sentenced Home
Discuss how the stories "Radha, Krishna" and "A Flawless Silence" critique misogyny present in Asian communities and the expectation of model docility
Ref. short stories and 4/10 lecture
What theme(s) intertwine the two main characters' narratives in Beef?
Ref. Beef
What groups of people did the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act prioritize and how did it change the demographics of Asian Americans?
Ref. 2/26 lecture