Growing Up Asian In Australia

A session for students studying Growing Up Asian in Australia as a text in secondary school – either for English, Literature, social and environmental studies, history or other related subjects. An in-depth discussion of the themes behind the book, its historical context, and the history of Australian race relations.

Topics:

• Identity and Belonging
• Telling one’s own family story
• Migration
• Multiculturalism
• Assimilation
• Australian history and the era of ‘White Australia’
• Gender relations and the ‘double standard’
• The history of Australian immigration
• Knowing one’s roots