Paul Butler's visualization of friendhip "traffic" on Facebook, 2010.

Theoretical Texts

  • Distant Reading, Franco Moretti
  • Debates in the Digital Humanities, Matthew K. Gold
  • Transnational Literate Lives in Digital Times, Patrick Berry, Gail Hawisher, and Cynthia Selfe (free online)
  • Selections from Diaspora: An Introduction, Jana Evans Braziel (provided in class)
 

Literary Texts

  • Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
  • Thirst, Shulamith Haraven
  • The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka
  • Arranged Marriage, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  • Migritude, Shailja Patel
  • Selections from Monstress, Lysley Tenorio, Krik? Krak!, Edwidge Danticat, and others

Software