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This course provides a foundation for reading Asian American literature. We will be discussing the origins of “Asian American” as a political coalition in the 1960s amidst a longer history of U.S. imperial projects and immigration policies. At the same time, we will be examining the limitations of this U.S.-centric perspective by rethinking the geopolitical spaces of both “Asia” and “America” through transpacific and hemispheric lenses. Readings will include novels, poetry, and plays.