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ASAM123 HM - Pacific Islander History and Culture through Life Writing

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Flores

Offered: Spring

Description: Life writing provides an opportunity to learn about history and its connection to the present. Utilizing the concept of Native survival, this course will examine the history and culture of Pacific Islanders through life writing that includes autobiography, biography, comics, graphic novels, and memoirs. Some of the main themes for this course include colonialism, diaspora, gender, indigeneity, race, trauma, violence, and war. Class discussions, lectures, film screenings, and readings constitute the interpretive lens for this course.

HSA Course Area(s): Asian American Studies
HSA Writing Intensive: No