AustLit

'Chinese Australian literature, as one significant part of cultural production in Australia, has been researched from various angles. Present research has shown interests in the representations of the images of Australian or Chinese characters in Chinese Australian writings; representations of cultural citizenships, cultural translation, gender issues and racism; as well as the issue of canonizing Chinese Australian literature as an independent category. Though present research has explored in depth on many Chinese Australian literary works, there are still gaps to fill. Based on the nature of Chinese Australian literature, more research should be done from the angles of memory. As a branch of diasporic literature, Chinese Australian literature writes extensively on the representations of memory, which will be a new research perspective in future studies. By using "memory" as a novel perspective, the study of Chinese Australian literature will not be confined by the "fixed" and "clichéd" notion that it is only able to tell the Western readers about the misery suffered by their Chinese characters, rather, it is a literature fitting into the larger scope of transnational literature and needs a broader sense to understand its topics, contents and aims.'

Source: Abstract.