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Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992. FINE. The Yellow Lady is the first major critique of Australian impressions of Asia. Alison Broinowski argues that Australians have been backward in developing an appropriate image of themselves because of their ignorance of and ambivalence towards Asians. She traces the history of Australian ideas about Asia and the Pacific from pre-colonial time to the present, and concludes that some of these perceptions, no matter how irrational or archaic, continue to underlie the political and economic decisions Australians make about the Asia-Pacific region. No one has ever looked so exhaustively at Australian images of Asia. Alison Broinowski, a longtime diplomat and writer about Asian issues, identifies these images, where they come from, and how they have changed or not changed. She investigates artists who took an interest in Asia and why they did so. They include visual artists, novelists, film-makers, composers, architects, poets, potters, playwrights,…
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- Title The Yellow Lady: Australian Impressions of Asia
- Author Alison Broinowski
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Melbourne
- Date 1992
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780195533828 / 0195533828
- Weight 0.02 lbs (0.01 kg)
- Dimensions 10.38 x 7.81 x 0.85 in (26.37 x 19.84 x 2.16 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Public opinion - Australia, Asia - Foreign public opinion, Australian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92249233
- Dewey Decimal Code 700.9
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