Asian American studies

E237503

academic discipline area studies field interdisciplinary field

Asian American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the histories, cultures, experiences, and social realities of people of Asian descent in the United States.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Asian American studies canonical	11
Asian American Studies	1
Asian American legal studies	1
Asian Pacific American studies	1

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Target entity: Asian American studies
Context triple: [Asian diaspora, associatedField, Asian American studies]

A. Asian American literature
Asian American literature is a body of writing by authors of Asian descent in the United States that explores themes of identity, immigration, race, and cultural hybridity.
B. Asian American
Asian American refers to Americans with origins in the peoples of Asia, encompassing a diverse range of ethnicities, cultures, and national backgrounds across the Asian continent.
C. Asian American movement
The Asian American movement was a grassroots social and political movement that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s, uniting diverse Asian ethnic groups in the United States to fight racism, demand civil rights, and build a shared Asian American identity.
D. American studies
American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, and society of the United States, often integrating perspectives from literature, history, sociology, and cultural studies.
E. Asian diaspora
The Asian diaspora comprises people of Asian origin living outside Asia, encompassing diverse communities shaped by migration, cultural exchange, and transnational identities across the globe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Asian American studies
Target entity description: Asian American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the histories, cultures, experiences, and social realities of people of Asian descent in the United States.

A. Asian American literature
Asian American literature is a body of writing by authors of Asian descent in the United States that explores themes of identity, immigration, race, and cultural hybridity.
B. Asian American
Asian American refers to Americans with origins in the peoples of Asia, encompassing a diverse range of ethnicities, cultures, and national backgrounds across the Asian continent.
C. Asian American movement
The Asian American movement was a grassroots social and political movement that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s, uniting diverse Asian ethnic groups in the United States to fight racism, demand civil rights, and build a shared Asian American identity.
D. American studies
American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, and society of the United States, often integrating perspectives from literature, history, sociology, and cultural studies.
E. Asian diaspora
The Asian diaspora comprises people of Asian origin living outside Asia, encompassing diverse communities shaped by migration, cultural exchange, and transnational identities across the globe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic discipline ⓘ area studies field ⓘ interdisciplinary field ⓘ
aimsTo	center Asian American perspectives ⓘ challenge Eurocentric curricula ⓘ produce community-engaged scholarship ⓘ
drawsOn	anthropology ⓘ critical race theory ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ ethnic studies ⓘ gender studies ⓘ history ⓘ literary studies ⓘ political science ⓘ queer studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ
emergedDuring	early 1970s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ
emergedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
focusesOn	Asian Americans ⓘ linked to: Asian American people of Asian descent in the United States ⓘ
hasKeyTheme	anti-racism ⓘ coalition politics ⓘ community empowerment ⓘ diaspora ⓘ intersectionality ⓘ social justice ⓘ transnationalism ⓘ
offers	graduate programs ⓘ undergraduate programs ⓘ
originatedFrom	Asian American student movements ⓘ Third World Liberation Front strikes ⓘ
relatedTo	American studies ⓘ Asian studies ⓘ Pacific Islander studies ⓘ ethnic studies ⓘ
studies	Asian American community formation ⓘ Asian American gender and sexuality ⓘ Asian American immigration law and policy ⓘ Asian American labor history ⓘ Asian American literature ⓘ Asian American popular culture ⓘ Asian American social movements ⓘ Asian American visual culture ⓘ cultures of Asian Americans ⓘ histories of Asian Americans ⓘ migration and diaspora of Asian Americans ⓘ political experiences of Asian Americans ⓘ race and ethnicity in the United States ⓘ racism and discrimination against Asian Americans ⓘ social realities of Asian Americans ⓘ
taughtAt	community colleges in the United States ⓘ universities in the United States ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian diaspora → associatedField → Asian American studies ⓘ

Asian American movement → influenced → Asian American studies ⓘ

Asian American literature → relatedField → Asian American studies ⓘ

College of Ethnic Studies → hasDiscipline → Asian American Studies ⓘ

linked to: Asian American studies

Konrad Ng → fieldOfWork → Asian American studies ⓘ

Konrad Ng → fieldOfWork → Asian Pacific American studies ⓘ

linked to: Asian American studies

Viet Thanh Nguyen → fieldOfWork → Asian American studies ⓘ

Race and Resistance Studies → relatedTo → Asian American studies ⓘ

American ethnic studies → relatedTo → Asian American studies ⓘ

Harvey Dong → fieldOfWork → Asian American studies ⓘ

Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War → academicDiscipline → Asian American studies ⓘ

Neil Gotanda → fieldOfWork → Asian American legal studies ⓘ

linked to: Asian American studies

AsianCrit → usedIn → Asian American studies ⓘ

Marie Myung-Ok Lee → fieldOfWork → Asian American studies ⓘ

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