ASAM142 PO - South Asian American Studies

When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2024
Instructor(s): M. Nasir
Credit: 1

This course examines issues relevant to the South Asian diaspora in the United States. With a special emphasis on race and empire, the course will consider historical and contemporary forms of marginalization targeting South Asian American communities. It will also explore the possibilities and limits of emergent Desi social movements forged in contexts of Anti-Immigrant Racism, Anti-Muslim Racism, Anti-Black Racism, Hindutva, and Trumpism. Letter grade only. Previously offered as ASAM189C PO.