The Yellow Lady - Australian Impressions Of Asia

Oxford University Press, (1992).. First Edition; 4to; pp. xii, 260; illustrated endpapers, 8 pages of colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout, glossary, notes, references and sources, index; original black boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, flecking to head page edges, otherwise a fine copy.

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… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, USA, 1992-05-28. Hardcover. Good.

Melbourne: Oxford U. P., 1996. 2nd edition. Fine. small quarto. stiff wrappers 294pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index,

Oxford University Press Melbourne 1992. 25.0 x 19.0cms, 292pp, b/w Illust, very good paperback & cover This was the first Australian cultural history that 'did not neglect Asia'. It surveys the work of novelists, sculptors, film-makers, composers, architects, poets, potters, playwrights, photographers and choreographers. This revised and expanded edition focuses on 'Australian - Asian hybridity in literature, theatre and… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press Melbourne 1996 Second Edition . Fine Roy 8vo, 292pp, b/w Illust Fine Soft Cover This was the first Australian cultural history that 'did not neglect Asia'. It surveys the work of novelists, sculptors, film-makers, composers, architects, poets, potters, playwrights, photographers and choreographers. This revised and expanded edition focuses on 'Australian - Asian hybridity in literature,… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.