Open Educational Resources and Asian American Studies

This collection is under development by an ASCCC OERI discipline lead. The curated list provided here is intended to facilitate faculty selection of an OER text in lieu of a commercial text. If you are aware of additional resources that should be included, please contact us via our general OER e-mail. Resources with a C-ID designation are listed numerically by C-ID number and followed by a collection of OER by course title when there is no C-ID to reference.

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OER by C-ID

Introduction to Asian American Studies (C-ID ASAM 100)

Asian American Culture: Including Asian American Literature (C-ID ASAM 110)

Asian American History (C-ID ASAM 120)

Contemporary Issues: Including Asian Americans and American Ideals and Institutions (C-ID ASAM 130)

Resources

  • Race and Gender in Asian America (Teng, 2006; MIT Open Courseware) (CC BY-NC-SA)
    This seminar examines various issues related to the intersection of race and gender in Asian America, starting with the nineteenth century, but focusing on contemporary issues. Topics covered include racial and gender discourse, the stereotyping of Asian American women and men in the media, Asian American masculinity, Asian American feminisms and their relation to mainstream American feminism, the debate between feminism and ethnic nationalism, gay and lesbian identity, class and labor issues, domestic violence, interracial dating and marriage, and multiracial identity.

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