WS 358 - Asian American Women:Gender Transformations

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William Paterson University of New Jersey

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Description:

This course focuses on the contemporary Asian immigration to the United States and examines its impact on immigrant women's roles in the workplace, family, and the community. It addresses the importance of gender in immigrant adaptation and identity formation not only among the immigrants but also among their U.S.-born children. Discussion includes the ways in which ethnicity, class, age, citizenship, and sexuality intersect to shape various experiences of Asian American women in the context of work and life. The complexity of ethnicity, including multiracial/multiethnic identities and the phenomenon of intermarriages, is explored in connection with gender relations in the contemporary Asian American communities. Course Prerequisites: WS 110 or WS 150 or AACS 150 or AACS 155 or ENG 110

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wpunj.edu

Phone Number:

(973) 720-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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