Dragon seed in the antipodes : Chinese-Australian autobiographies
Shen, Yuanfang, 1956-2001
Book
This text offers a reading of Chinese history in Australia, as revealed through the autobiographical writings of more than 20 Chinese-Australians from 1886 to 1996. More specifically, the book is about how Chinese immigrants in Australia and their descendants have seen and portrayed themselves.
Main title:
Dragon seed in the antipodes : Chinese-Australian autobiographies / Shen Yuanfang.
Author:
Imprint:
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001.
Collation:
xix, 196 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references ( p. 164-191) and index.
Linking notes:
Online version Shen, Yuanfang. Dragon seed in the antipodes. Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2001; Online version Shen, Yuanfang. Dragon seed in the antipodes. Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2001
Contents:
1. Confessions of a Late-comer: How I Came to Write This Book -- 2. 'Sane' or 'Insane'? A Nineteenth-Century 'Cranky Chinaman' -- 3. Confucians in the Antipodes: Chinese Immigrants of the Late Nineteenth Century -- 4. Victimisation vs Assimilation: Chinese Immigrants of the 1940s -- 5. 'Historical Drifters': Chinese Late-comers -- 6. 'To Be or Not to Be Chinese?': Self-Portraits of Chinese Remigrants from Other Parts of Asia -- 7. 'Who Am I?': Australian-Born Chinese.
ISBN:
0522849415
Dewey class:
305.8951094305.8951
LC class:
DU122.C5
Language:
English
Subject:
Chinese Australians -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryChinese -- Australia -- BiographyChinese Australians -- Social life and customsChinese Australians -- BiographyChinese -- Australia -- Social life and customsChineseChinese -- Social life and customsChinese -- Australia -- HistoryAustraliaHistory
BRN:
459609
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Local History Non Fiction | LH 305.8951 SHEN | Available |