Title: Chinese women and the global village : an Australian site /
Authors: Ryan, Jan,
Publisher: University of Queensland Press in association with the API Network and Curtin University of Technology,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Chinese Australia.; Women immigrants Australia.; Chinese Australia Ethnic identity.; Women Australia.
Abstract: This, the first major study of Chinese women in Australia, is all about global journeys and perspectives. It is also a story of the various stories that connect Australia to the pathways of women of Chinese ancestory. Ryan interrogates issues of ethnicity, gender and identity to present the diversity of the women's lives.
Contents: Re-orienting migration -- Transnational families -- Forming identities -- The stained glass ceiling : issues of gender and ethnicity in the workplace -- The global village : Chinese associations and cultural pathways.