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

• 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
• ISBN: 1-74076-109-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807027503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II