| Main Title: |
Lost in the whitewash : Aboriginal-Asian encounters in Australia, 1901-2001 / edited by Penny Edwards and Shen Yuanfang. |
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| Author: |
Edwards, Penny, 1962-
Shen, Yuanfang, 1956-
Australian National University. Humanities Research Centre
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| Imprint: |
Canberra, ACT : Humanities Research Centre, 2003. |
| Collation: |
viii, 167 pages : illustrations, paperback ; 21 cm. |
| Summary: |
This important new book on the area of Aboriginal-Asian identities, ancestries and histories unravels the intricate web of human encounters, spiritual exchanges and cultural traffic between indigenous peoples and Asians in 19th and 20th century Australia.
Something more: towards reconfiguring Australian history / Penny Edwards & Shen Yuanfang -- As strands of plaited music: my Chinese-Aboriginal-Anglo heritage / Jennifer Martiniello -- The golden thread of kinship: mixed marriages between Asians and Aboriginal women during Australia's federation era / Ann McGrath -- Yearning of the hearts / Lucy Dann -- Lucy's journey: a photo-essay / Mayu Kanamori -- Mixed relations: towards reconfiguring Australian history / Regina Ganter -- Anti-minorities history: perspectives on Aboriginal-Asian relations / Minoru Hokari -- Separatism and solidarity: Chinese and Aboriginal sporting connections / Julia Martinez -- A Chinaman in the woodpile, or a Blackfella in the house / John Ah Kit -- Aborigines, Chinese and the Bicentennial: the Inverell District Bicentennial Memorial / Peter Read -- Kung fu ... it means hard work / Hannah McGlade -- Cross-cultural alliances: exploring Aboriginal-Asian literary and cultural production / Peta Stephenson -- Lost in the whitewash: concluding comments / Helen Sham-Ho. |
| Subject: |
Asians
Race relations
First Nations Australians
Australia
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| Series: |
Humanities Research Centre monograph series
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| ISBN: |
9780731533480 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references.
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