4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath DDNUpath IC
Introduces the diverse foodways of Asian Americans and how it impacts individual identity and community formations. Foregrounds how past and present-day Asian Americans have been racialized and gendered through alimentary rhetoric and representations of their material cultures. Explores interdisciplinary themes and case studies that highlight how Asian American food has been produced, procured, consumed, and represented across time, space, and media. Drawing from texts in history, anthropology, film and literature, media studies, transnational feminist studies, cultural studies, and Asian American studies, highlights how food is an organizing principle for Asian American life. Offers students an opportunity to obtain multisensorial experiences and research skills through the use of food and foodways.