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Yuanfang Shen Yuanfang Shen i(A50485 works by) (a.k.a. Shen Yuan-Fang)
Born: Established: 1956
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China,
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East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1992
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1 1 y separately published work icon Lost in the Whitewash : Aboriginal-Asian Encounters in Australia, 1901-2001 Penny Edwards (editor), Yuanfang Shen (editor), Canberra : Australian National University, Humanities Research Centre , 2003 Z1363989 2003 anthology criticism autobiography poetry art work This collection of essays 'unravels the intricate web of human encounters, spiritual exchanges and cultural traffic between Indigenous peoples and Asians in 19th and 20th-century Australia.' Source: Publisher's blurb
1 y separately published work icon Beyond China : Migrating Identities Penny Edwards , Yuanfang Shen , Canberra : Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora , 2002 Z1268053 2002 selected work biography essay This work contains five essays by international writers on the subject of ethnic minorities in China and the cultural experiencees of emigrating Chinese within the Pacific area.
1 Who Am I? : Australian-Born Chinese Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies 2001; (p. 127-153)
1 To Be or Not to Be Chinese? : Chinese Remigrants from Other Parts of Asia Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies 2001; (p. 108-126)
1 1 Sexuality in East-West Encounters : Shanghai Baby and Mistaken Love Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 27 no. 2 2001; (p. 97-105) Discusses Shanghai Baby by Chinese author Zhou Weihui and Mistaken Love by Chinese Australian author Shi Guoying.
1 Confucians Down Under Yuanfang Shen , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Otherland , no. 7 2001; (p. 23-38)
1 5 y separately published work icon Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies Yuanfang Shen , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2001 Z892984 2001 single work criticism

'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)
1 y separately published work icon United by the Sweep of a Tarnished Brush Yuanfang Shen , Penny Edwards , Canberra : Australian National University , 2000 Z939967 2000 single work essay

Briefly outlining white Australians' attitudes to Chinese settlers in Australia, the authors note the often close relationships between Chinese and Aboriginal people, the effect of the land rights movement in motivating people of mixed race to identify as Aborigines, and the trend to increased recognition of dual and multiple ancestries.
1 'Historical Drifters': Self-Representations of Chinese Late-Comers in Australia Yuanfang Shen , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 65 2000; (p. 136-144) Dragon Seed in the Antipodes : Chinese-Australian Autobiographies 2001; (p. 90-107)
1 A Culture Created by the Authors Yuanfang Shen , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 January 1998; (p. 27)
— Review of Black Ice : A Story of Modern China Trevor Hay , Xiangshu Fang , 1997 single work novel
1 Yuan Shen Responds Yuanfang Shen , 1998 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 March 1998; (p. 26)
1 1 China Girls : Australian Literary Representations of Chinese Women Yuanfang Shen , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southern Review , vol. 29 no. 1 1996; (p. 39-49)
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