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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies
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'How do the Chinese in Australia see and write about themselves and their relation to mainstream Australian society? Yuan Fang Shen offers us a fascinating reading of Chinese history in Australia, as revealed through the autobiographical writings of more than twenty Chinese-Australians from 1886 to 1996.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Melbourne University Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
'Historical Drifters': Self-Representations of Chinese Late-Comers in Australia, Yuanfang Shen , single work criticism (p. 90-107)
To Be or Not to Be Chinese? : Chinese Remigrants from Other Parts of Asia, Yuanfang Shen , single work criticism (p. 108-126)
Who Am I? : Australian-Born Chinese, Yuanfang Shen , single work criticism (p. 127-153)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Melbourne University Press , 2001 .
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      Extent: xix, 196 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes extensive bibliography of published and unpublished material including oral histories.
      ISBN: 0522849415

Works about this Work

Of Dragons and Devils : Chinese-Australian Life Stories Wenche Ommundsen , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 1 no. 2002; (p. 67-80)
The author explores the hybridity of the 'the collaborative life story and its close relative, testimonial writing' which occupies a position between ''literature and various modes of factual writing ... and between private and public, or political, discourse.' She sees it as a genre 'frequently troubled by generic, ethical and political dilemmas, especially in the case of cross-cultural collaboration' (p.66) However, her reading of Chinese-Australian texts demonstates that 'the cultural negotiation embodied by the cross-cultural life story offers a unique opportunity to observe the production of autobiographical "truth" in the interplay between generic expectation and textual variation.' (p.78)
A Pioneering Compilation of Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Roger Daniels , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 16 no. 1 2002; (p. 100-101)

— Review of Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
Australia, Balanced between Asia and Europe Robert Pascoe , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 168 2002; (p. 94-95)

— Review of Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
Floods of Memory Christine Choo , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 61 no. 1 2002; (p. 132-136)

— Review of Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism ; Michi's Memories : The Story of a Japanese War Bride Keiko Tamura , 2001 single work biography
[Review] Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Andrew Jakubowicz , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , no. 3 2001; Journal of Australian Studies , no. 70 2001; (p. 116-118)

— Review of Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
A Pioneering Compilation of Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Roger Daniels , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 16 no. 1 2002; (p. 100-101)

— Review of Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
[Review] Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Andrew Jakubowicz , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , no. 3 2001; Journal of Australian Studies , no. 70 2001; (p. 116-118)

— Review of Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
Floods of Memory Christine Choo , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 61 no. 1 2002; (p. 132-136)

— Review of Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism ; Michi's Memories : The Story of a Japanese War Bride Keiko Tamura , 2001 single work biography
Australia, Balanced between Asia and Europe Robert Pascoe , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 168 2002; (p. 94-95)

— Review of Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
Of Dragons and Devils : Chinese-Australian Life Stories Wenche Ommundsen , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 1 no. 2002; (p. 67-80)
The author explores the hybridity of the 'the collaborative life story and its close relative, testimonial writing' which occupies a position between ''literature and various modes of factual writing ... and between private and public, or political, discourse.' She sees it as a genre 'frequently troubled by generic, ethical and political dilemmas, especially in the case of cross-cultural collaboration' (p.66) However, her reading of Chinese-Australian texts demonstates that 'the cultural negotiation embodied by the cross-cultural life story offers a unique opportunity to observe the production of autobiographical "truth" in the interplay between generic expectation and textual variation.' (p.78)
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