Session 11: Asian Pacific American literature

Read:

• Project Mulberry
• Siu-Runyan (2002): This article focuses on "Books that teach about the Asian and Pacific Island peoples of Hawaii". What does it add to your understanding of that population? Of the purposes and need for multicultural literature in general?
  
• Yamate (1997): As of 1997, what was the state of publishing for Asian American texts? What type of research might you do to explore whether anything has changed over the last 10 years? What themes might you find in Asian Pacific American literature?
  

Write (Group B):

• Write a questioning the text paper and submit it by the Angel dropbox by 6pm the night before class

Blogging:

• If you are a "C": Please post before the class session. The topic is "open"--you can write about Project Mulberry, either of the two readings, or something else!
• If you are an "B" or "A": Respond to at least one post from a "C" before session 12.