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Week 5 Notes
4/30/2019 Polyculturalism- Uncouples the notions of origins & authenticity from that of culture Railroads – Transcontinental Railway, reinforcing stereotypes The Joy Luck Club (Round 2) Duck stretching neck to become swan Immigrating to America Sitting on the East at mahjong table, June replacing mother who started Joy Luck Club Club connected by trauma and hopes for their children … Continue reading
Talking Points: The Chinaman Pacific & Frisco R.R. Co.
Railroad Standard Time “She chanted a spell up over me that conjured the meaning of what she was saying in the shape of old memories come to call.” (Page 1) Parents are one of the only ways in which children learn of their own culture. This quote brings up many moments of when my parents … Continue reading
Week 4 Notes
Week 4 Notes 4/23/2019 Short stories vs Novel Novel —— Precision/Concision ——- Poetry Precision Concision Sub-text/understatement Themes Tension and interethnic interactions Finding Passion Tension between Issei and Nisei … Continue reading
Talking Points: Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories
The High Heeled Shoes, A Memoir “She came back with the impression that the police had been much amused, that they had actually snickered as she left with their officially regretful shrug over her having given them nothing to go on.” (Mary trying to report being assaulted to the police. Page 3) Considering that only … Continue reading
Week 3 Notes
Week 3 Notes 4/16/2019 API Popular Culture – Extrinsic (The production of art/culture by the demographic) API and Popular Culture APIs in Popular Culture – Depictions or representations/stereotypes Bildungsroman – coming of age story Threads/themes/topics: Americanization Family Culture/Duality … Continue reading
Talking Points:Asian Americans in the Twenty-First Century
Asian Americans in the Twenty-First Century Talking points (1 per interview) Asian Americans as a Movement: Dale Minami “But I think the bottom line is they want to see a more equitable society, a society with a lot less racism—a society with people who are not spending their money on wars or military contractors, but … Continue reading
Week 2 Notes
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 … Continue reading
Talking Points: Alien Encounters
Four Quotes from Mimi Thi Nguyen and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu’s Alien Encounters “… the imagining of the “third-world” city as a criminal underbelly—to dramatize the narrative of “ethnic subjects in pursuit of social equality, law, order, and economic rationality, rendering grotesque an invisible global network of discipline that enacts violence akin to the torturing of … Continue reading