Topics in American Culture Studies

This course focuses on U.S. military involvement in Asia-Pacific to explore the growth and trajectory of U.S. empire after World War II. Asia-Pacific is a contested site where U.S. imperialism is both hidden and exposed. The course will explore not just the history of U.S. engagement with Asia-Pacific and its impacts on the region and the people, but more importantly how the people in the region have been voicing their critiques of U.S. presence in their lands and of its violence on their people. The topics of focus will be U.S. militarism and war, the construction of U.S. "benevolent empire," the growth of racial/gendered capitalism, transnational migration/refugee passage, the afterlives of U.S. military intervention in the region.
Course Attributes: EN S; BU BA; BU IS; AS SSC; FA SSC; AR SSC

Topics in American Culture Studies

HISTORY 3363

Section 01