Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21H.153J (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Race and Gender in Asian America 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• History 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Meg Jacobs 
• Course Introduction:
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  21H.153J / 21F.069J / SP.603J Race and Gender in Asian America
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features an extensive list of readings and instructions for a class project.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  In this seminar we will examine various issues related to the intersection of race and gender in Asian America, starting with the nineteenth century, but focusing on contemporary issues. Topics to be covered may include racial and gender discourse, the stereotyping of Asian American women and men in the media, Asian American masculinity, Asian American feminisms and their relation to mainstream American feminism, the debate between feminism and ethnic nationalism, gay and lesbian identity, class and labor issues, domestic violence, interracial dating and marriage, and multiracial identity.