Merlinda Bobis’s Fish-Hair Woman: Showcasing Asian Australianness, putting the question of justice in its placeFootnote^*

* The research carried out for the writing of this article is part of a research project financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO; code FFI2012-32719), and by the Government of Aragón and the European Social Fund (ESF; code H05).

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