LCS 379: Asian American Studies, Final 10-12 Paper

LCS 379: Asian American Studies. Spring 2018.

Asian American Studies: Field/Canon/Racial Formations. Final Projects – Class Presentation, Group Research Summary, and Final Paper

Prof. Jeff Arellano Cabusao, Dept. English and Cultural Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University

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Top Images: Yuri Kochiyama image by Icky (2009), Carl Douglas’ “Kung Fu Fighting” (1974), John Saxton and Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon

Middle Image: Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon (1973) Bottom Images: Yuri Kochiyama – hand stenciled shirt from KM Stitchery (2010), photo from anti-war rally Central Park (late 1960s), silk screen

by Sophy Wong (2007)

LCS 379: Asian American Studies. Spring 2018.

Asian American Studies: Field/Canon/Racial Formations. Final Projects – Class Presentation, Group Research Summary, and Final Paper

Prof. Jeff Arellano Cabusao, Dept. English and Cultural Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University

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CREATIVE GROUP RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS Class Presentations: April 27 – May 7, 2018

Group Research Summary due no later than 4:30pm, Friday, May 11, 2018 (Faculty Mailbox, Suite F)

1.) Class Presentations. Attendance is mandatory. At the end of each session, you must submit two handwritten

comments/questions about the group presentation. This will count toward your attendance and participation.

2.) Group Research Summary. Each group must submit a summary of the research project no later than 4:30pm, Friday, May 11, 2018 (Faculty Mailbox, Suite F)

This document must be typed and single spaced. Please include the following information:

 Project topic

 Central question(s) of the project (scope of project)

 Description of each group member’s contribution to the project – make sure to include what you’ve learned in the process of gathering information

 Questions for further study

 Complete bibliography **********************************************************************************************************************************************

INDIVIDUAL FINAL PAPER: 10-12 pages Due no later than 4:30pm, Friday, May 11, 2018 (Faculty Mailbox, Suite F)

You have two options for your final paper.

1.) Expand upon your 5 page midterm paper. Develop it into a 10-12 page paper. 2.) Develop your unique contribution to the creative group research presentation into a 10-12 page paper.

In your final paper, you’ll need to cite the following: SELECT TWO ESSAYS (2)

 Asian American Studies: A Reader SELECT TWO PIECES (2)

 Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World – An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction SELECT ONE (you may use more than one from this group of texts) (1)

 Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart

 Kochiyama’s Passing It On: A Memoir

 Prashad’s Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity SELECT TWO OF THE FOLLOWING FILMS ON RESERVE (**accessible through Kanopy online collection of films) (2) Fires in the Mirror http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/232/index.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnkrUJny0CE Yuri Kochiyama: A Passion for Justice http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c110.shtml My America… Or Honk if you Love Buddha http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/exeas/films/my-america.html

LCS 379: Asian American Studies. Spring 2018.

Asian American Studies: Field/Canon/Racial Formations. Final Projects – Class Presentation, Group Research Summary, and Final Paper

Prof. Jeff Arellano Cabusao, Dept. English and Cultural Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University

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Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America http://harvestofempiremovie.com/ Perfumed Nightmare (Mababangong Bangungot)** http://lesblank.com/films/perfumed-nightmare-1978/ Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People** http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=412 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko_N4BcaIPY Slaying the Dragon http://www.asianwomenunited.org/slaying-the-dragon-asian-women-in-u-s-television-and-film-1988/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Ka_xIPsHE&feature=channel_video_title Stuart Hall – On Origins of Cultural Studies** http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=414

Tim Wise on White Privilege: Racism, White Denial & the Costs of Inequality** http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=137

Who Killed Vincent Chin? http://www.pbs.org/pov/whokilledvincentchin/ Vincent Who? The Murder of a Chinese-American Man** “In 1982, at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments arising from massive layoffs in the auto industry, a Chinese-American named Vincent Chin was murdered in Detroit by two white autoworkers. Chin's killers, however, got off with a $3,000 fine and 3 years probation, but no jail time. Outraged by this injustice, Asian Americans around the country united for the first time across ethnic and socioeconomic lines to form a pan-Asian identity and civil rights movement.” Edward Said: On Orientalism** (transcript on Blackboard)

http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=403 (Media Education Foundation website)

SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON RESERVE (1)

 Asian Americans: Movement and the Moment (edited by Louie and Omatsu)

 Asian American Sexualities: Dimensions of the Gay and Lesbian Experience (edited by Leong)

 The Big Aiiieeeee!: An Anthology of Chinese and Japanese American Literature (edited by Chin, et al.)*

 Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire (edited by Shah)

 The Forbidden Book: The Philippine American War in Political Cartoons (edited by de la Cruz, et al.)

 Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 (edited by Lai, et al.)

 Lone Heart Mountain (Estelle Ishigo)

 Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings by and about Asian American Women (edited by Asian Women United of California)

 Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women (edited by Kim, Villanueva, and Asian Women United of California)

 Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids (Kip Fulbeck)

 On Becoming Filipino (writings of Carlos Bulosan, edited and introduced by E. San Juan, Jr.)

 Part Asian, 100% Hapa (Kip Fulbeck)

 Roots: An Asian American Reader (edited by Tachiki, et al.) *also on Blackboard

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LCS 379: Asian American Studies. Spring 2018.

Asian American Studies: Field/Canon/Racial Formations. Final Projects – Class Presentation, Group Research Summary, and Final Paper

Prof. Jeff Arellano Cabusao, Dept. English and Cultural Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University

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SELECT TWO OF THE FOLLOWING ESSAYS/CHAPTERS (documents posted on Blackboard) (2)

 Richard Schaefer, “Understanding Race and Ethnicity”

 Richard Schaefer, “Asian Americans: Growth and Diversity”

 Richard Schaefer, “Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans”

 Nathan Glazer, “The Emergence of an American Ethnic Pattern”

 Ronald Takaki, “Reflections on Racial Patterns in America”

 Ronald Takaki, “A Different Mirror”

 Delia D. Aguilar and Karin Aguilar, “Feminism Across Our Generations”

 bell hooks, “Eating the Other”

 Japanese American Students at Oberlin during WWII

 E. San Juan, Jr., “From Genealogy to Inventory” (on contemporary Asian American Studies)

 Ralph J. Bunche Carter Center for African American Studies / UCLA – “The Hollywood Diversity Report” *******************************************************************************************************************************************

REVIEW OF REQUIREMENTS FOR FINAL PAPER

 Your 10-12 page paper must be typed, double spaced, and stapled. A complete bibliography is required. All research materials must be cited.

Please use the MLA approach to citing material. Consult the following site: MLA (Modern Language Association) format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

 Review your bibliography. You must have at least 10 items cited (essays, imaginative literature, films, etc.). See pages two, three, and four.

 PLEASE REVIEW GRADING RUBRIC (attached).

 Some ideas to think about. ENGAGED READING AND WRITING. Think about your paper as providing more than an inventory of observations… more than a summary of what’s going on in the texts. In your paper, I want to hear your voice. What do you want your reader to know about the connections you see between the texts? THESIS. Please review this thesis web page – http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/thesis-statements/ Take notice of how a thesis articulates the significance of your observations.

 Take time to reflect upon the three major threads that connect the cultural texts we’ve engaged and discussed over the course of the semester.

**Field Formation Understanding the interconnectedness of the history of Asian American Studies and the history of U.S. social movements during the 1960s/70s Exploring how this historical connection (between field formation and social movements) situates the study of Asian Americans within a global context

**Canon Formation Exploring the possibilities and limitations of developing an Asian American literary canon What constitutes Asian America according to this canon? Who defines the canon? For whom? How does the idea of a canon shift and change at different historical moments in the development of Asian America? (See E. San Juan, Jr. in the Asian American Studies: A Reader and introductory pieces of Charlie Chan Is Dead.)

**Racial Formations The idea of “racial formation” helps us to examine the processes by which Asian groups have been historically racialized within the United States as well as the ways in which “Asian America” has been defined and redefined by its various communities (See Ronald Takaki’s “A Different Mirror” – on the social construction of race.) Exploring how Asian American feminisms (including studies of sexual identities) and critiques of American Orientalism (a form of engendered subordination) enrich our understanding of Asian American racial formations.

**GROUP RESEARCH SUMMARY due no later than 4:30pm, Friday, May 11, 2018 (Suite F mailbox) – see page two** **FINAL PAPER (10-12 pages) due no later than 4:30pm, Friday, May 11, 2018 (Suite F) – see pages two to four**