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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
Perhaps due to their brevity (only several pages each), the stories in this book present oversimplified analyses of Asian Australian life (terms like "banana", "east meets west" used). I can see the its significance when it was published in 2008, but eleven years on it feels outdated, with many of the narratives perpetuating antiblack sentiment that's rampant in (particularly east) Asian communities.
I started reading this book in the midst of the 18C debate, which only served to underline how harmful the proposed 18C changes are. Story after story in Growing Up Asian in Australia recalls the microaggressions Asian Australians endure in the schoolyard, the workplace, the public sphere; the chasm that opens up between immigrant parents and first-generation Australian children; the discombobulation that ensues from never feeling like you belong no matter where you are. Many times, I tethered on the brink of tears as I read about the callous ways immigrant parents have been treated both by society and their own children, recalling my own parents' experience. This book is so important and I'm glad it exists.
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had to read the book for school. honestly not to bad and better than other books i've had to read.
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I really enjoyed this. SO much that I now have a crick in my neck for leaning sideways just to read the pages (I could have just flattened the book out in front of me and read it, but for some reason, it was easier to read it sideways--so bad for the neck!)
Alice Pung did a wonderful job collecting and editing this anthology of short stories about asians growing up in Australia. It is very insightful, and being one of those asians, I can definitely relate to the majority of the stories contained.
Alice Pung did a wonderful job collecting and editing this anthology of short stories about asians growing up in Australia. It is very insightful, and being one of those asians, I can definitely relate to the majority of the stories contained.
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A bit of a mixed bag but some very interesting stories.
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