Asian American Studies 

City College of San Francisco, Asian American Studies, Spring 2024

If the class is full please visit the waitlist information page at CCSF.  If the waitlist is full please visit the add code request information page at CCSF.  

ASAM 10: Asian American Popular Culture  

Course Description:

This course will feature Asian American popular cultural practices and phenomena.  While ethnic or traditional culture will be significant, we will approach “Asian American Culture” as an emergent cultural form that responds to racialization in America.  Although race will be a prominent course analytical lens, the fashioning and refashioning of emergent cultures in America will be heavily dependent on the ways gender, ethnicity, sexuality and class intersect with race to produce uniquely Asian American phenomena.  From racialization, we move towards globalization, and focus on the ways transnational consumption patterns offer new creations and tensions between Asian American and mainstream popular culture.  Some topics this semester will include: Import Car Racing, Body Modifications, Student Culture Shows, Video Games, Comedy, YouTube, Hip-Hop, Beauty Contests, Dating and Relationships, K-Pop, and Anime. 

Textbooks

Recommended 

Dave, S., Nishime, L., & Oren, T. (Eds). (2005), East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture.  New York, NY: New York University Press.

Nguyen, M., & Tu, T. (Eds.). (2007). Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America.  Duke University Press.

Meeting dates and times: These courses  are offered online only. We will NOT meet face to face at any time throughout the semester.  All course exams will be proctored through our Learning Management System, Canvas.  

Success tips: Unsure of how to manage a distance ed course?  What will you need to succeed?  Check out this video:  "Succeeding in Online Classes" to be better prepared for your distance ed course.  

If you are part of the Disabled Students Program, Cs and Services please let me know at the start of the semester if you need accommodations.  If you are unsure of you can be part of it, check out the link to find out.  

Lastly, here's the link to CCSF's Learning Management System,  Canvas, log-in instructions, and the phone number to the  Canvas Support Hotline (844) 592-2198 available 24/7. 

Jen Giang Icasiano 

Asian American Studies LB4

50 Frida Kahlo Way

San Francisco, CA 94112

Best mode of contact prior to the start of the course: jgiang@ccsf.edu  Response time 24-48 hours. 

Office Hours via Canvas Zoom.