From f3ac12ec1ed94de79bcd06a72366677a134f2247 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Youwen Wu Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 14:47:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add as am section week 1 notes --- notes/2024/as-am-5/week-1.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/notes/2024/as-am-5/week-1.md b/notes/2024/as-am-5/week-1.md index c6ef86b..c13c60b 100644 --- a/notes/2024/as-am-5/week-1.md +++ b/notes/2024/as-am-5/week-1.md @@ -26,11 +26,43 @@ - Double consciousness -> hybridity: rethinking from two different distinct selves -> combination / overlapping "hybrid consciousness" - Does the arc of history bend toward progress? -- On style: how do stylistic decisions (by writers) shape their thematic arguments? +- On style: how do stylistic decisions (by writers) shape their thematic + arguments? - Leave things out, emphasize, etc - On realism, modernism, postmodernism - Next: read Erika Lee ## Section (10/04) -- +### Logistics + +- 2 excused absences -> no questions asked + +### Notes + +- Minority-ness in 5 categories + - Assimilation + - Hybridity + - Double consciousness + - Invisibility + - Otherness + +#### Otherness + +- What is us? -> group an individual identifies w/ and sense of belonging +- Other -> (perceived) different / "out group" +- Distinguishing "us" / "other" -> culture, language, behaviors, religious + traits, citizenship, race, etc +- Social constructs -> (may) change over time +- Stereotypes, power, political policies, hegemony, etc... +- Anti-Asian laws and policies + - 1875 Page Act + - 1882 **Chinese Exclusion Act** + - 1907 Expatriation Act + - 1913 First Alien Land Law + - 1922 Cable Act (reverses Expatriation Act except for women who marry "aliens ineligible for citizenship") + - 1924 Immigration Act +- Keep in mind while reading Bulosan (191X, 1930-1956) + - Attain citizenship for rights, representation, and influence + - Accumulate wealth through real estate + - Form _families_ and establish a lasting presence