Belonging to ‘Chinatown’

A study of Asian boarders in a West Australian private boarding school

Bibliographic Data

ID12272011
AuthorsWee Loon Yeo (The University of Western Australia, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume20
Issue1
Pages55-66
Publication date2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Studies in Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0962-0214 • E-ISSN: 1747-5066
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09620211003655655
OpenAlexW2039541682
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

The invaluable use of ethnography in researching educational settings has been demonstrated through many studies and furthered by many passionate researchers. One of such leading lights is Geoffrey Walford. In this paper, Walford’s discussion of groups in two public schools, as depicted in his book Life in public schools, serves as a basis for my investigation of the ‘lived experiences’ of Southeast Asian boarders in St Andrew’s School, a private all boy’s boarding school in Perth, Western Australia. This article introduces this group of boarders and examines their perceptions that maintained their group identity in the boarding house environment. Interviews conducted with the boarders are drawn into this inquiry, underlining their views that group identity is important to living in a boarding school

Aesthetics · Boarding school · Chinatown · Ethnography · Geography · Identity (music · Media studies · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism

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