Ideas for syllabus for next AsAm197 class

Name:

(combine the following… somehow)

Asian Americans in pop culture and new media

Transnationalism

Cultural exchange

Representation

Appropriation

Visual culture

“Asia MEDIAting America”

4. comics, manga (American Born Chinese), webcomics

6. anime

5. TV shows (Power Rangers, Pokemon, Avatar)

1. critical pedagogy

1. visual culture and representation (Ming Ma)

--music (K-pop, J-pop)

--youtube stars (Wong Fu, KevJumba, Ryan Hikka)

3./end also? cultural hybridity

2./3. orientalism

--blogs

2. history of representations of Asians and Asian Americans in media

--theater and film (martial arts films)

--science fiction

--comedy (Margaret Cho?)

--videogames

--Bollywood (Slumdog Millionaire)

--independent media

--media industry

--spoken word & hip-hop

--dance/breakdance

--political/activist media

--music videos

themes:

cultural exchange

transnationalism – influence, tension between representations,

cultural appropriation

Asian American cultural production

ideas:

speaker suggestions in the syllabus (Kip Fulbeck, Ming Ma, Prof. Tran, Stan Sakai, Skim)

field trip ideas (Tuesday Night Cafe)

incorporation of watching films, clips, reading comics, etc.

inclusivity of a wide variety of Asian and Asian American identities

weekly film screening?

transnational influences from both directions

music video of the week

do we still want to do a blog? some sort of media project?

blog could serve as a space to post links and analyze them – look at current media

focus on Asian American cultural production (make sure it's not all about representations *of* Asian Americans)