AAS 430. Asian American Popular Culture (3)

Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Preparatory: AAS 100. This class involves critical analyses of representations and images of Asian Americans/APIs and popular culture, emphasizing the production, consumption, and use of popular culture by and about Asian Americans in the U.S. Surveys theories and methods for studying popular culture, especially in terms of the differential impact of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual identities. Meets the Ethnic Studies requirement. (E.S.)