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I am not a tourist : conversations on being British Chinese / Daisy J. Hung.
Van Pelt - New Book Display DA125.C5 H86 2025
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hung, Daisy J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hung, Daisy J--Homes and haunts--Great Britain.
- Hung, Daisy J.
- Chinese--Great Britain--Ethnic identity.
- Chinese.
- Chinese--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Chinese--Great Britain--Public opinion.
- Great Britain--Ethnic relations.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 342 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Conversations on being British Chinese
- Place of Publication:
- London : HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2025.
- Summary:
- "What does it mean to exist at the intersection of cultures? Though a citizen of the UK, Daisy J. Hung is regularly mistaken for a tourist, asked where she's really from or greeted with Ni hao on the assumption she speaks Mandarin. These experiences serve as a reminder that, no matter how she moves through the world, she is often seen as an outsider. In I Am Not a Tourist, Daisy explores what it means to be British Chinese today, and the social, historical and political factors that have got us here. Fighting narrow and dehumanising stereotypes, of Chinese people excelling at school, or being devoid of original thought or leadership, or having authoritarian parents, she encourages readers to interrogate their assumptions and interpretations of 'Chinese' identity. In the wake of the upsurge of anti-Asian racism, triggered by the racialisation of the COVID-19 pandemic as the 'China virus', 'China plague' and 'Kung flu', I Am Not a Tourist exposes the ongoing racism and inequalities that British Chinese communities face, and forms an urgent call for change"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- 1. Not made in China
- 2. Reorienting British History
- 3. Sustenance
- 4. From yellow to golden
- 5. Modelling 'success'
- 6. Underserved
- 7. Rocking the boat
- 8. Beyond citizenship.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780008603243
- 0008603243
- 9780008603250
- 0008603251
- OCLC:
- 1430191416
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000179884
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