How does capitalism condition the bonds, structures, or feelings in Asian immigrant and diasporic families? Explores how patterns of empire, war, and immigration lead to new family formations and how families adapt to this trauma through interdisciplinary texts ranging from history, literature, psychology, and sociology. Through sources like memoirs, scholarly works, literature, and film, we discuss dynamics such as intergenerational trauma, sexuality, and childhood. Effective Spring 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Oral and/ Signed Communication, Social Inquiry 1.

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