Growing Up Asian in Australia

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Growing up Asian in Australia is an anthology of personal accounts, essays, short stories and poetry edited by Alice Pung. The discourse of "Asians" in Australia is similar to that in America and usually includes people of East Asian "oriental" background such as Chinese, Japanese or Koreans. However, in this anthology, the term "Asian" extends to people from Indian and Pakistani backgrounds, which is more in line with the British use of the term "Asian".

Contributors include established authors such as , Shaun Tan, Simone Lazaroo, Vanessa Woods, television personalities such as Annette Shun Wah, Kylie Kwong, and emerging writers and poets of Asian descent. There are over 50 contributors.

Growing up Asian in Australia is currently a set text for the VCE English context of Identity and belonging.

See also[]

• Growing Up Asian in Australia

External links[]

• Official author website
• Growing up Asian in Australia. Interview with Alice Pung by Matthia Dempsey
• " Growing up Asian in Australia Interview with editor Alice Pung and contributor Shalini Akhil", ABC Book Show
• Articles by Alice Pung at The Monthly