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Author Stachurski, Christina.

Title Reading Pakeha? : fiction and identity in Aotearoa New Zealand / Christina Stachurski
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xlvii, 207 pages)
Series Cross/cultures ; 109
Cross/cultures ; 109
Contents Introduction; Man Alone; the bone people; Once Were Warriors; Conclusion; Works Consulted; Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject New Zealand literature -- History and criticism
New Zealanders -- Books and reading
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
New Zealand literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789042026452
9042026456