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Locating Chinese Women : Historical Mobility Between China and Australia. Cover Image

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Locating Chinese Women : Historical Mobility Between China and Australia

Bagnall, Kate. (Author). Martínez, Julia T. (Added Author).

Summary: This ground-breaking edited collection draws together Australian historical scholarship on Chinese women, their gendered migrations, and their mobile lives between China and Australia. It considers different aspects of women's lives, both as individuals and as the wives and daughters of immigrant men. While the number of Chinese women in Australia before 1950 was relatively small, their presence was significant and often subject to public scrutiny. Moving beyond traditional representations of women as hidden and silent, this book demonstrates that Chinese Australian women in the twentieth cent.

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ISBN: 9888268651
ISBN: 9789888268658
Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)
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Publisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-256) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part Two: Women's Lives in China and Australia -- . Exception or Example? Ham Hop's Challenge to White Australia -- Kate Bagnall -- Missing Ruby -- Antonia Finnane -- Alice Lim Kee: Journalist, Actor, Broadcaster, and Goodwill Ambassador -- Paul Macgregor -- Mary Chong and Gwen Fong: University-Educated Chinese Australian Women -- Julia T. Martínez -- Daisy Kwok's Shanghai: Life in China before and after 1949 -- Sophie Loy-Wilson
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.