HIS286H1: Oral Histories of Asian Canadians

24L/12T

This course explores the cultural and social history of everyday life as it affected Asian Canadians with focus on Chinese, Filipinos and South Asians from the 1960s to present. It introduces oral history and documentary film as key research methods for understanding changing cultural practices and identities within families, in food, and in social settings within and beyond ethnic communities.

Humanities
Society and its Institutions (3)