4/9/2019
ABC- American Born Chinese
FoB– Fresh off the Boat
UBC- University of a Billion Chinese
UCLA- University of Caucasians Living Among Asians
Panama Hotel- Japanese-American architect, last remaining Japanese bathhouse in the U.S
Four Creative Genres
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Drama
- Creative Non-Fiction- Non-fiction that borrows from fiction and poetry
Slanting the truth
Art is a lie that leads to the truth (using fiction elements without exaggeration)
Memoirs should be beyond eye (external view) and I (internal self-view)
Album analysis
Intrinsic- Features of an album that can only be discussed without going beyond the album cover
4/10/2019
Pedagogy- Theory, Philosophy, and Practice of Teaching
Peda– child
Gogy– lead
Seminarium– Seed plot
Alternatives to traditional research paper?
4/12/2019
American Studies
“What is America?”
“What is an American?”
Jeff Chang – Who We Be
442nd Regimental Combat Team
100th Infantry Battalion
Gap between promise and fulfillment
My America (…or Honk if you Love Buddha)
Director: Renee Tajima-Peña
Victor Wong- Rebel against his father (mayor of Chinatown, San Francisco)
Louisiana- Filipinos escaping a slave ship, long time presence in U.S, Spanish Masters
Narrator’s grandfather escaped the San Francisco earthquake due to running from racists
Chan is Missing – Taxi Driver looking for someone in Chinatown (movie)
Asian-Americans joined Civil Rights Movement, fought for same rights as African-Americans
Considered selves American before Asian, blending in, Japanism (nail that sticks out…)
Seattle- Asians are loose with expression
Korean generational gap, boys willing to retaliate, parents say violence is a last resort
Bizarre lack of Asians around growing up according to author