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ASAM 030 PZ - A Taste of Asian American Food Politics: An Exploration of Asian American Identity, Culture and Community Through Food


This seminar course will investigate Asian American identity, culture and community through the exploration of food. Notions of culture, politics, taste, authenticity, emotions and memory will be invoked through readings and eatings. This course will explore the origins of iconic “Asian” food such as Chop Suey and fortune cookies as well as investigate the relationship of Asian Americans to the labor of production of food and the use of food in Asian American literature. This course examines ideas of colonization, immigration, globalization, nationalism and transnationalism.

Course Credit: 1.0


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