China Studies of South Significance?rom John Fitzgerald to Australian China Studies
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Chen, Tzu-Chieh
Abstract
Australian Sinologist John Fitzgerald has published numerous publications that link the quest for equality and dignity amongst Chinese Australians in the 19th century to the quest for nationhood in modern China. This unique connection has provided the possibility of a different research agenda on China that is not available in those other communities, such as Europe, Japan or North America, which never experienced in the kind of White Australia policy that reflected fear toward re-colonization by the yellow race. In addition, Fitzgerald has specifically thought about the identity of Australia in the production of knowledge concerning Asia and the Confucian ethics which constituted the modern China as well. The paper introduces Fitzgerald’s major research propositions and discusses their implications to the development of an Australian sinology.
Subjects
John Fitzgerald
Australian Sinology
White Australia policy
Chinese nationalism
Chinese Australian
Identity.
Type
thesis
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