AAST398I

This course asks both what the lens of mental health tells us about Asian American life and what Asian American life tells us about how we should understand mental health. It offers Asian American studies approaches to mental health, locating issues of mental health within social, cultural, and historical contexts, including racism, war, sexual violence, immigration. Course texts will focus on Asian American literary and artistic interventions. Major course assignments will be project-based; students will work in groups to develop projects that address aspects of Asian American mental health.