AAS 246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Asian American Studies, Subplot, Postcolonialism

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: AAS 246
• Professor: Kwon Soo Ah

Document Summary

Associate professor in the ucla department of asian american studies. U. s. imperialism); asian american cultural politics; critical race studies; comparative ethnic studies; gender and sexuality; new social movements; mass/popular culture; media and technology. Model minority imperialism (university of minnesota press, 2006. The (cid:373)essage of this do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)tary sho(cid:449)s a typi(cid:272)al (cid:862)a story(cid:863) of kelly"s drea(cid:373), her pursuit for education despite pregnancy, tony, and his family. B-story is to(cid:374)y"s pe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g deportatio(cid:374) trial a(cid:374)d happy out(cid:272)o(cid:373)e of this trial (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)9(cid:895). Role as refugee is narrated as saving but then hides war and condition of refugees; rather we focus on integration of refugees. Neoliberalism; versus structural condition of refugees and war, p. 199. Think about their role as refugees and neoliberalism. Kelly desire and pursuit of education (success), is set in opposition to tony and his traditional mien family and modern working female family. (cid:862)i a(cid:373) happy for you(cid:863), p. (cid:1006)(cid:1005)(cid:1007)