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Navigating boundaries : the Asian diaspora in Torres Strait / / editors Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsay and Yuriko Nagata



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Titolo: Navigating boundaries : the Asian diaspora in Torres Strait / / editors Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsay and Yuriko Nagata Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Canberra, : Pandanus Books, c2004
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
Disciplina: 305.895016476
994.38
Soggetto topico: Asians - Torres Strait
Asians - Foreign countries - Intellectual life
Altri autori: ShnukalAnna  
RamsayGuy  
NagataYuriko  
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: 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;
Sommario/riassunto: These essays draw upon an extensive, widely dispersed body of information to narrate stories of the Asian diaspora communities of Torres Strait, north Queensland.
Titolo autorizzato: Navigating boundaries  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-74076-109-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807027503321
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