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CHINESE (L04)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)FL2020

L04 Chinese 376Finding China: From Sojourners to Settlers in Chinese Diaspora and Chinese American Literatures3.0 Units
Description:When the first Chinese sojourners arrived in America during the California Gold Rush in 1848, the locals regarded them as inscrutable and inassimilable. Today, Chinese Americans are the American society's most productive and responsible citizens. From coolie to Fu Manchu, from Charlie Chan to the model minority, from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan, from Kung Fu Panda to Yo-Yo Ma, this series of images tells some of the stories of the dynamics between immigrants and the local residents and the Chinese Americans' journey of assimilation. In this course, we will trace this historical trajectory by way of writers' and filmmakers' imagination and representation of the experiences of those Chinese who left their homeland in search for means to build a better life for their children back in the home country or here in the adopted land. We will explore questions such as: How do the Chinese diaspora long for their cultural origin "China" in their various lengths of living abroad? Does diaspora have an expiration date? Through works by writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston, David Henry Hwang, Gish Jen and Ha Jin, and filmmakers such as Wayne Wang and Ang Lee, we will also examine issues of community building, the politics of hyphenation (Asian-American, inter-national, pan-Asian, etc.), and the role of gender in identity construction.
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Instruction Type:Remote per COVID-19 Grade Options:CPA Fees:
Course Type:IdentSame As:L16 375  L03 3751  L14 375C  L46 375  L97 3751  L98 375Frequency:Unpredictable / History
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01M-W----11:30A-12:50PRemote / LA ChenPaper/Project/TakeHome25190
REG-DelayStart: 9/14/2020   End: 1/10/2021
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