WGST 07 Asian American Women's Literature
In this course, we will study Asian American women’s literary strategies and forms as expressions of their history, culture and gender roles. Special attention will be paid to the ways in which literature serves as a mode of resistance and a way of recuperating collective memory while asserting individual identity for Asian American women. Readings will include feminist treatises, creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry and drama and may include such authors as Hisaye Yamamoto, Joy Kogawa, Wang Ping, Bharatee Mukherjee, Chitra Divakaruni, Le Thi Diem Thuy, Kimiko Hahn and Denise Uehara.
Professor Chin
2A-hour