Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts?: Changing relations and Responses to and from Greek Settlers in Western Australia

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Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts?: Changing relations and Responses to and from Greek Settlers in Western Australia

The recent commercial success in Australia of the film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, not only suggests an ability by English speaking Greeks to parody themselves and the experiences of their forebears, but an acceptance of the Greek stereotype and an embrace of the Greek presence by the broader Austra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Yiannakis, John
Other Authors:	R Wilding
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Office of Multicultural Interests 2005
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7901

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