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UNINA9910450619203321 |
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Titolo |
Navigating boundaries [[electronic resource] ] : the Asian diaspora in Torres Strait / / editors Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsay and Yuriko Nagata |
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Canberra, : Pandanus Books, c2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ShnukalAnna |
RamsayGuy |
NagataYuriko |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Asians - Torres Strait |
Asians - Foreign countries - Intellectual life |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1 - Mapping Australasia: reflections on the permeability of Australia's northern maritime borders; 2 - Tidal Flows: an overview of Torres Strait Islander-Asian contact; 3 - The Chinese Diaspora in Torres Strait: cross-cultural connections and contentions on Thursday Island; 4 - 'They don't know what went on underneath' : three little-known Filipino/Malay communities of Torres Strait; 5 - Heriberto Zarcal: the first Filipino-Australian; 6 - The Japanese in Torres Strait; 7 - The Sri Lankan Settlers of Thursday Island |
8 - John Douglas and the Asian Presence on Thursday Island: 1885-19049 - Coloured People: a challenge to racial stereotypes; 10 - Confluence: Asian cultural contributions to ailan pasin; 11 - Some Historical and Contemporary Asian Elements in the Music and Performance Culture of Torres Strait; 12 - Voices from Torres Strait; Index; Biographies; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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These essays draw upon an extensive, widely dispersed body of information to narrate stories of the Asian diaspora communities of Torres Strait, north Queensland. |
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