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Reading Pakeha?: fiction and identity in Aotearoa New Zealand

By Christina , Stachurski

Book information

Publisher
Rodopi
Year
2009
ISBN
9789042026445, 9789042026452, 9042026456
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3032584 bytes)
Series
Cross/cultures 109
Pages
xlvii, 207 pages\256
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Aotearoa New Zealand, "a tiny Pacific country," is of great interest to those engaged in postcolonial and literary studies throughout the world. In all former colonies, myths of national identity are vested with various interests. Shifts in collective Pakeha (or New Zealand-European) identity have been marked by the phenomenal popularity of three novels, each at a time of massive social change. Late-colonialism, anti-imperialism, and the collapse of the idea of a singular 'nation' can be traced through the reception of John Mulgan's Man Alone (1939), Keri Hulme's the bone people (1983), and Ala.;Introduction; Man Alone; the bone people; Once Were Warriors; Conclusion; Works Consulted; Index.

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