'The tyranny of appearance': Chinese Australian identities and the politics of difference

Journal of Intercultural Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 65-82

  Tan, Carole ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese Australian; Exclusion; Identity; Race; Racialisation; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646114057     PISSN: 07256868     EISSN: 14699540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07256860600607660     Document Type: Article

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