In case you missed it… G.B. Tran linked to a couple of student blogs in a post on his personal/professional page: “Vietnamerica: Bits ‘n’ Pieces.” Congrats to Annie and Jenny and all the commenters for the thoughtful responses!
Final Project Here is my final on the Asian/Asian American Film industry
I feel as though I should add one last final blog entry before the end of the quarter for fun, so here it is… All and all, this entire quarter we have focused on the migration and integration of Asians, as well as, Asian Americans within society. We have read many different novels and articles […]
There’s still so much to discuss in relation to Transmission, so I thought I’d write a quick post in case any of you wanted to continue the conversation. I know some of you had questions about the ambiguity of the ending, the possibilities it opens up, and the unexpected directions it leads us (Gaby’s possible suicide for […]
I Have Found It: Romanticizing or Resistance of Western Influence? I have had very little experience with Indian film, and had never heard of Kollywood, going into our class screening of I Have Found It. The prospect of the new experience was exciting and being familiar with the story of “Sense and Sensibility” I was […]
Wednesday, March 6 Unseen Histories and Archives: Elizabeth, Jarrett, Kelly, Dean, Lisa Asian Americans and Sports: Mladen, Kevin, Victoria L., Nicole, Whitney Monday, March 11 Popular Culture: Samantha, Danielle, Alison, Johna, Reisch, Rishi Music and Media: Annie, Rebecca, Victoria H., Charlie, Hannah, Raffi Wednesday, March 13 Fashion and Style: Alex, Min, Jonathan, Lucia, Ashley, Michelle […]
This is the surprise overly late blog entry. I went back to review my posts, and make sure I was up to date with this course’s blogging when I realized… I never wrote a main entry. So, here it is. Since we have already worked through all of the blogging material, I’m going to focus […]
I enjoyed learning about the transnational labor force in the Body Shopping chapter of Aneesh’s book Virtual Migration. Reading personal anecdotes from such workers sparked a lot of questions in my mind. I was previously under the impression that the majority of workers were grateful for the opportunities they were given by overseas companies but […]
The piece of flexible citizenship introduced interesting concepts reminiscent of using intersectionality when thinking about the experiences of minority groups with intersecting identities. Globalization and transnationalism, according to Aneesh, must be redefined and re conceptualized to add various aspects that affect individuals. Aneesh emphasizes the need to redefining these terms, in order to incorporate the complicated relationship […]
After completing Through the Arc of the Rain forest we all have undoubtedly noticed the repetitive themes of the commercialization, exploitation, and destruction of nature. The question I ask is how productive, or successful, was Yamasita in utilizing Magical Realism in order to convey these themes? Once she decided to do research on the Japanese […]
