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| The Yellow Lady. Australian Impressions of Asia.
BROINOWSKI, ALISON. Stock ID: 49064 Colour and black and white illustrations, 260pp, notes, references, index, dustjacket patchily faded, lower cover and dustjacket a little damp damaged, small quarto. "Beginning with early Aboriginal contact with Indonesians, The Yellow Lady shows how chances for harmonious co-existence with the neighbourhood were lost in the colonial period. Successive wars set back this process of adaptation. In the final section, as increasing numbers of Asians migrate to Australia and Asian countries become economically dominant, Australian images of Asia undergo rapid change." (When referring to this item please quote stockid 49064) ... more |
AU$33.00 |
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Australia's ambivalence towards Asia. Politics, neo/post-colonialism, and fact/fiction.
D'CRUZ, J.V. AND WILLIAM STEELE. Stock ID: 70546 466pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. "This confronting work analyses the difficulties that Australia has in establishing a meaningful relationship with Asia. It considers contemporary and historical examples from Australian culture, literature, politics, media and society, contrasting Asian traditions and the experience of non-Anglo migrants in Australia." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 70546) ... more |
AU$49.95 |
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Was Australia Charted Before 1606? The Jave La Grande Inscriptions.
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM. Stock ID: 102870 Maps, charts in colour and black and white, xii + 132pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. Dutchman Willem Janszoon's arrival on the shores of Cape York in the Duyfken in 1606 is universally regarded as the first reliably documented non-Aboriginal arrival on Australia's shores. Yet claims abound that the Portuguese, French, Spanish, Indonesions and, most recently, the Chinese were earlier visitors. This book is illustrated throughout the charts and maps, some of which are beautifully embellished, showcasing the exquisite art and skill of the mapmakers of the day. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 102870) ... more |
AU$29.95 WAS AU$39.95 |
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The Outsiders Within. Telling Australia's Indigenous-Asian Story.
STEPHENSON, PETA. Stock ID: 101920 Black and white illustrations, vi + 250pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "An engaging account of the ways in which over hundreds of years Indigenous and Southeast Asian people across Australia have traded, intermarried and built hybrid communities. It is also a disturbing exposé of the persistent ? sometimes paranoid ? efforts of successive national governments to police, marginalise and outlaw these encounters." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 101920) ... more |
AU$39.95 |
| Sounds of our Summer Seas.
MENGHETTI, DIANE. Stock ID: 78105 Pictorial endpapers, black and white photographic illustrations, 40pp, hardback, small square quarto. Co-ordinated by Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in Townsville and related to the Gallery's Exhibition "Japan in Australia", this publication is an overview of the history between Japan and North Queensland, Australia. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 78105) ... more |
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| The Yellow Lady. Australian Impressions of Asia.
BROINOWSKI, ALISON. Stock ID: 56750 Colour and black and white illustrations, 260pp, notes, references, index, small damp stain lower edge of lower hinge, dustjacket patchily faded. A sound and otherwise clean copy. "Beginning with early Aboriginal contact with Indonesians, The Yellow Lady shows how chances for harmonious co-existence with the neighbourhood were lost in the colonial period. Successive wars set back this process of adaptation. In the final section, as increasing numbers of Asians migrate to Australia and Asian countries become economically dominant, Australian images of Asia undergo rapid change." (When referring to this item please quote stockid 56750) ... more |
AU$33.00 |
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The Jihad Seminar.
DEEN, HANIFA. Stock ID: 126471 xvii + 271pp, chronology, paperback. In March 2002, three Muslims attended an evangelical Christian seminar promoted to reveal the inner secrets of 'Holy Jihad'. Shocked by what they heard, they convinced the Islamic Council of Victoria to lodge a complaint against Catch the Fire Ministries, under a controversial new hate speech law. A case expected to be over in three days turned into an unholy war of words lasting five long years: freedom of speech versus freedom from vilification is under the spotlight. Award-winning author Hanifa Deen follows this case from beginning to end, witnessing the religious impulse at its best - and worst. Her very human account focuses on the personalities and motives of the two religious tribes - Muslims and born-again Christians. Real people on both sides of the courtroom express their pain at a hearing that turns into a nightmare. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 126471) ... more |
AU$29.95 |
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Growing Up Asian in Australia.
PUNG, ALICE. Stock ID: 122666 351pp, paperback. Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: Quiet Achiever. FOB. Gangster Chigger. Mainlander. Banana. But are these labels based on some degree of truth, or only fiction? What is it like to grow up Asian in Australia? Unpredictable, honest, reflective and irreverent, this collection throws out the clichés and takes us behind the stereotypes. A young man tentatively steps toward manhood with Mariah Carey blasting in his ears, while two primary-school misfits stage a playground revolt. A white Australian woman describes mothering her adopted Asian son, and a teenage boy learns all about philandering from his visiting uncles. Here are respected public figures as well as exciting new voices, drawn from all walks of life and spanning several generations. With insight, courage and a large dose of humour, they shed new light on what it is like to grow up Asian, and Australian. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 122666) ... more |
AU$27.95 |
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Unpolished Gem.
PUNG, ALICE. Stock ID: 98321 282pp, paperback. Offers a vivid and ironic sense of two worlds Chinese/Cambodian. Combines the story of Pung's life growing up in suburban Footscray, with the inherited stories of the women in her family. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 98321) ... more |
AU$26.95 |
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The Yellow Lady. Australian Impressions of Asia.
BROINOWSKI, ALISON. Stock ID: 132555 Colour and black and white illustrations, 260pp, notes, references, index, lightly worn dustjacket patchily sunned, edges little foxed, a good copy overall. "Beginning with early Aboriginal contact with Indonesians, The Yellow Lady shows how chances for harmonious co-existence with the neighbourhood were lost in the colonial period. Successive wars set back this process of adaptation. In the final section, as increasing numbers of Asians migrate to Australia and Asian countries become economically dominant, Australian images of Asia undergo rapid change." (When referring to this item please quote stockid 132555) ... more |
AU$30.00 |
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Mixed Matches. Interracial Marriage in Australia.
OWEN, JANE DUNCAN. Stock ID: 129455 177pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback, some extremities wear, few leaves not cut cleanly, internally clean, a good copy. Reveals the impact of interracial marriage on Australian society and shows how Australian society has changed over time, with the great majority of Australians now accepting mixed unions when once they were not only rare but provoked hostility and hate. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 129455) ... more |
AU$35.00 WAS AU$44.95 |