Southeast Asian Courses at Brown (Spring 2007)

AN 125 (ET121): The American Experience: The SE Asian Refugees/Americans   
Wanni Anderson
Department of Anthropology
I Hour (Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30 - 11:50 AM)

Explores the complexity of SE Asian American experiences, the displacements and diasporas of the Vietnamese, the Cambodians, the Hmong, the Lao and the Iu Mien.  It looks at their lives and cultures in SE Asian homelands, the Vietnam War, and the impacts of cultural changes in the American societal context on their lives.  Special emphasis will be on the American-born generation, what America and American-ness means and how "home" is defined. Novels and documentaries produced by SE Asian Americans themselves will be examined.

TA0127: Non-Western Performance: Mask and Festival
John Emigh
Theatre Arts Department

"It uses a good many examples from Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java, and especially Bali) and also includes examples from Cambodia."

Southeast Asian Courses at Brown (Tentative)

HI191.1: America and the Vietnam War
Andrew Huebner
Department of History
*TENTATIVE*

Explores the Vietnam War and its echoes in American society. Covers diplomatic maneuvering, the draft, the daily life of soldiers, the war's impact on Vietnamese civilians, antiwar protest in the United States, the African-American experience in the military, and the legacies of the conflict. Emphasis on social, cultural, and political aspects of the war, not on military history.