About Face: Asian-Australians at Home

Abstract

An overview of recent poetry and prose of Asian-Australian writers as they perform an artistic ‘about-face’ to reflect on racialised depictions of minority ethnicities.

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Published 1 May 2002 in Volume 20 No. 3. Subjects: Asia, Asian Australians, Australian writers of foreign descent, Crosscultural relations, Cultural & national identity, Literary portrayal, Migrant literature & writers, Multiculturalism, Racial identity - Literary portrayal.

Cite as: Jacobs, Lyn. ‘About Face: Asian-Australians at Home.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, 2002, doi: 10.20314/als.a2fad0ed88.