Author: Peter LawrencePublisher: Study of Australian-Asian Relations
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Australian Opinion on the Indo-Chinese Influx, 1975 to 1979
Author: Peter LawrencePublisher: Study of Australian-Asian Relations
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Australian People
Author: James JuppPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521807891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Australia is one of the most ethnically diverse societies in the world today. From its ancient indigenous origins to British colonisation followed by waves of European then international migration in the twentieth century, the island continent is home to people from all over the globe. Each new wave of settlers has had a profound impact on Australian society and culture. The Australian People documents the dramatic history of Australian settlement and describes the rich ethnic and cultural inheritance of the nation through the contributions of its people. It is one of the largest reference works of its kind, with approximately 250 expert contributors and almost one million words. Illustrated in colour and black and white, the book is both a comprehensive encyclopedia and a survey of the controversial debates about citizenship and multiculturalism now that Australia has attained the centenary of its federation.
On Not Speaking Chinese
Author: Ien AngPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134512929
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In this major new book, leading cultural thinker Ien Ang engages with urgent questions of identity in an age of globalisation and diaspora. The starting point for Ang's discussion is the experience of visiting Taiwan. Ang, a person of Chinese descent, born in Indonesia and raised in the Netherlands, found herself "faced with an almost insurmountable difficulty" - surrounded by people who expected her to speak to them in Chinese. She writes: "It was the beginning of an almost decade-long engagement with the predicaments of `Chineseness' in diaspora. In Taiwan I was different because I couldn't speak Chinese; in the West I was different because I looked Chinese". From this autobiographical beginning, Ang goes on to reflect upon tensions between `Asia' and `the West' at a national and global level, and to consider the disparate meanings of `Chineseness' in the contemporary world. She offers a critique of the increasingly aggressive construction of a global Chineseness, and challenges Western tendencies to equate `Chinese' with `Asian' identity. Ang then turns to `the West', exploring the paradox of Australia's identity as a `Western' country in the Asian region, and tracing Australia's uneasy relationship with its Asian neighbours, from the White Australia policy to contemporary multicultural society. Finally, Ang draws together her discussion of `Asia' and `the West' to consider the social and intellectual space of the `in-between', arguing for a theorising not of `difference' but of `togetherness' in contemporary societies.
Australia-Asia Papers
Author: A Guide to Sources on Australian-Asian Relations, 1976-1985
Author: Anne PlattRace, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand
Author: John DockerPublisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 9780868405384
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Fourteen academics and writers from the land down under present papers on aboriginal identity, Asians in Australia, Australians in Asia, bi- and multiculturalism in New Zealand, and whiteness, most of which were presented at the 1998 Sydney conference, Adventures of Identity: Constructing the Multic
Australia's Relations with the Koreas
Author: Scott EdwardsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Yearning to Breathe Free
Author: Dean LusherPublisher: Federation Press
ISBN: 9781862876569
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ..." How has Australia risen to Emma Lazarus' great challenge? This overview of the historical, social and political contexts that have shaped Australia's recent treatment of asylum seekers offers a clear-eyed view of the many dimensions of the asylum seeker predicament, including its psychological and humanitarian consequences, and lays out an agenda for change in policy. Sir Gustav Nossal, the Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser, Senator Lyn Allison, Phillip Adams, Professor Stuart MacIntyre, and Lindsay Tanner MP introduce the six sections. Julian Burnside QC, Dr Carmen Lawrence, Peter Mares, Pamela Curr, Michael Clyne, Linda Briskman, Derrick Silove, Michael Gordon, Arnold Zable and David Manne are among the contributors to the 20 chapters. Yearning to Breathe Free is a passionate but informed work that is multi-faceted, thought-provoking, and ultimately hopeful. All royalties for this book go to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
Australian Relations with the Philippines During the Marcos Years
Author: Robyn LimPublisher: Study of Australian-Asian Relations School of Mod Tudies Gri
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
New Directions and New Thinking in Australia-Southeast Asia Relations
Author: Viberto SelochanPublisher: Study of Australia Asia Relations
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description