Advanced Topics in Diaspora (370-0-2)

Topic

Critical Filipinx Studies

Instructors

Raymond San Diego
Crowe 1-125

Meeting Info

University Hall 118: Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

What happens when you juxtapose the constantly shifting marker of "Filipinx American" with the highly contested concepts of "literature," "art," and "culture?"What makes something "critical?" Instead of viewing these terms as predetermined givens to be represented or maintained, this class takes these terms as conditions of possibility for cultural productions and aesthetic expressions by self-identified Filipinx Americans, or what cultural critic Lucy Burns recognizes as "puro arte," and admiration of the theatrics and labor of artful expression. Rather than beginning with the question of "What does it mean to be Filipinx American?," in this class we will ask, "What do Filipinx Americans do? What do Filipinx Americans make?" This class introduces students to a broad survey of stories, plays, performances, films, music, and visual art by rebels, queers, misfits, outlaws, punks, nonconformists, "deviants," and other similar figures who find power and pleasure as outcasts.

Class Materials (Required)

Kawika Guillermo. Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pain and Video Games

978-1834050065

Class Notes

Attendance at first class is mandatory.

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Foundational Discipline
Historical Studies Distro Area
Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved to all ASIAN_AM students until the end of preregistration, after which registration will be open to all who meet the prerequisites.