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ES 232 - Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Popular Culture

1. Assess the historical role of popular culture and countercultures in constructing knowledge of/about Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
2. Discuss how intersections of race, class, nation, gender, sexuality, and dis/ability in U.S. culture are articulated, negotiated, contested, and remixed through popular mass media. 
3. Examine how social locations and systems of power have shaped access to resources, opportunities, and representation for Asian American and Pacific Islanders in popular culture.
4. Practice theory and methods of critical media literacy across a broad range of aesthetic mediums and cultural productions.
5. Apply course frameworks in the collaborative production and exhibition of new cultural texts.

1. Evaluate the impact of the arts on their life.
2. Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the arts.
3. Describe the ways that diverse identities influence the creation and experience of art.
4. Identify the role of art in diverse settings.

1. Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
2. Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
3. Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.