Comm Asian America

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Explores the central role that language and discourse play in the Asian American experience. Examines how everyday communication and interaction shape Asian American identities and structure how Asian American communities form and organize. Critically engages with historical and contemporary social discourses about Asian Americans, including the linguistic and discursive repertoires found in corporate, media, and popular culture that shape the relationships among members within Asian American communities, as well as their relationships with external, broader publics. We observe tensions and attend to problems of misrepresentation and to the openings they create for social transformation and community empowerment.