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Author Keown, Michelle, 1972-

Title Pacific Islands writing : the postcolonial literatures of Aotearoa/New Zealand and Oceania / Michelle Keown
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description vii, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Series Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English
Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English.
Contents 1. Introduction: Voyaging Through the Pacific -- 2. Europeans in the Pacific-- 3. Warfare and Westernisation: Narratives of Conflict, Resistance, and Social Change -- 4. The 1970s and Beyond: the Emergence of the New Pacific Literatures in English-- 5. Orality, Textuality, and Memory: The Language of Pacific Literatures-- 6. Conclusion: Pacific Diasporas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Pacific Island literature -- History and criticism.
LC no. 2008353858
ISBN 9780199229130 (hbk.)
0199229139 (hbk.)
9780199276455 (paperback)
0199276455 (paperback)