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'Quo vadis, Terra Australis?' : Don'o Kim's The Chinaman
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , December vol. 39 no. 4 2015; (p. 461-476)'Don'o Kim's The Chinaman is an Australian jeremiad lamenting the Australia still shadowed by the self-privileging White Australia policy and making a plea for a more pluralist society. A powerful narrative firmly rooted in the sociohistorical context of white-East Asian encounters in Australia, it recalls symbolic moments of interracial conflict such as the 1854 anti-Chinese race riots at Bendigo and the 1980 bombing of a Japanese resort project at Yeppoon. Kim also interrogates Anglo-Celtic Australia's espousal of cultural whiteness as the heart of national identity from his firm belief that Australia is not only an extension of the British cultural tradition but also a significant departure from it. He ultimately criticises white Australia's self-identification as a transplanted Europe through dissociation from their neighbours in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The Chinaman is the Korean-Australian writer's arduous and sustained rumination on the future direction of multiracial Australia, eloquently expressed in the “Quovadis”, the name of the white yacht on which most episodes of the narrative take place.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Australia
1991
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— Appears in: The Commonwealth Novel Since 1960 1991; (p. 19-32) -
Expatriate's Progress
1990
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criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 February 1990; (p. 74) -
[Review] The Chinaman
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 160)
— Review of The Chinaman 1984 single work novel - y Recent Australian Writing : Janette Turner Hospital's Borderline and Don O'Kim's The Chinaman London : Menzies Centre for Australian Studies , 1988 Z1038368 1988 single work criticism
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The Sullen Novelists : New Australian Fiction
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 29 no. 3 1985; (p. 77-79)
— Review of The Island 1984 single work novel ; Shallows 1984 single work novel ; Crooks 1984 single work novel ; Milk and Honey : A Novel 1984 single work novel ; Bearded Ladies : Stories 1984 selected work short story poetry ; The Man Who Stayed Below 1984 single work novel ; Last Ferry to Manly 1984 single work novel ; The Chinaman 1984 single work novel -
Old Bones Given a New Shake
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 July 1984; (p. 15)
— Review of The Chinaman 1984 single work novel -
Too Much and Not Enough
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 July 1984; (p. 42)
— Review of The Chinaman 1984 single work novel -
Australia Seen With Fresh Eyes
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 April 1985; (p. 15)
— Review of The Chinaman 1984 single work novel ; Paese Fortunato : Romanzo 1981 single work novel -
[Review] The Chinaman
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 160)
— Review of The Chinaman 1984 single work novel - y Recent Australian Writing : Janette Turner Hospital's Borderline and Don O'Kim's The Chinaman London : Menzies Centre for Australian Studies , 1988 Z1038368 1988 single work criticism
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Expatriate's Progress
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 February 1990; (p. 74) -
Newer Voices: Don'o Kim
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 45 no. 2 1985; (p. 202-206) -
Australia
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Commonwealth Novel Since 1960 1991; (p. 19-32) -
'Quo vadis, Terra Australis?' : Don'o Kim's The Chinaman
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , December vol. 39 no. 4 2015; (p. 461-476)'Don'o Kim's The Chinaman is an Australian jeremiad lamenting the Australia still shadowed by the self-privileging White Australia policy and making a plea for a more pluralist society. A powerful narrative firmly rooted in the sociohistorical context of white-East Asian encounters in Australia, it recalls symbolic moments of interracial conflict such as the 1854 anti-Chinese race riots at Bendigo and the 1980 bombing of a Japanese resort project at Yeppoon. Kim also interrogates Anglo-Celtic Australia's espousal of cultural whiteness as the heart of national identity from his firm belief that Australia is not only an extension of the British cultural tradition but also a significant departure from it. He ultimately criticises white Australia's self-identification as a transplanted Europe through dissociation from their neighbours in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The Chinaman is the Korean-Australian writer's arduous and sustained rumination on the future direction of multiracial Australia, eloquently expressed in the “Quovadis”, the name of the white yacht on which most episodes of the narrative take place.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.