Striding both worlds [electronic resource] : with Ihimaera and New Zealand's literary traditions / Melissa Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Melissa.

Series:

Cross/cultures ; 134.

Cross/cultures ; 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ihimaera, Witi, 1944---Criticism and interpretation.

Ihimaera, Witi.

New Zealand fiction--Maori authors--History and criticism.

New Zealand fiction.

Māori fiction--History and criticism.

Māori fiction.

Māori literature--Foreign influences.

Māori literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Striding Both Worlds illuminates European influences in the fiction of Witi Ihimaera, Aotearoa New Zealand's foremost Maori writer, in order to question the common interpretation of Maori writing as displaying a distinctive Maori world-view and literary style. Far from being discrete endogenous units, all cultures and literatures arise out of constant interaction, engagement, and even friction. Thus, Maori culture since the 1970's has been shaped by a long history of interaction with colonial British, Pakeha, and other postcolonial and indigenous cultures. Maori sovereignty and renaissance move

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Striding Both Worlds; 1 Maori Nationalism; 2 International Aesthetics; 3 The Local and the Global; 4 Ambivalent Indigeneity; Conclusion: Composite Identity and Literature; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-012-0056-4

OCLC:

741492997