Reading Nature and Cultures : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Witi Ihimaera's »the Whale Rider« and Its Contexts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sander, Julia.

Contributor:

Sander, Julia, editor.

Vogel, Anke, editor.

Jäger, Wolfgang, editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2026.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The globally acclaimed novel »The Whale Rider« by Witi Ihimaera connects with todays pressing issues: decolonization, environmental protection, cultural resilience.The contributors to this volume offer readers intercultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on this work through accessible scholarly and personal analyses.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editorial

Contents

Climates - Cultures - Contexts

Section I: The Whale Rider's Global Reach and Impact

Reading Nature and Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on The Whale Rider and its Contexts / Julia Sander, Anke Vogel, Wolfgang Jäger

Māori Novelist and Indigenous Envoy: Writing to the World / Witi Ihimaera

The Whale Rider Around the World - Publishers, Editions and Audiences / Anke Vogel

Why Books Travel: Witi Ihimaera's The Whale Rider and the Internationalisation of the Book Market / Christoph Bläsi

Witi Ihimaera as Translator: Reading The Whale Rider as Indigenous-led Translation / Angela Kölling

Section II: Reading Nature

Reading to Make the World a Better Place? Critical Literacy and Education for Sustainable Development / Julia Sander, Wolfgang Jäger

A River with Personhood: Witi Ihimaera's Novel / Mita Banerjee, Dieter Dörr

Whales: From Land-Dwelling Ungulates to Giants of the Seas / Thomas Tütken

Whale Myths in Children's and Young Adult Literature / Bettina Wild

Whales in Contemporary Anglophone Literature and Film: A Cetopoetic Reading of Witi Ihimaera's The Whale Rider / Michaela Castellanos

Section III: Reading Cultures

Anthropological and Linguistic Contextualisation of The Whale Rider: Māori Origin, Social Relatedness and Cultural Identity / Svenja Völkel

Whale Song: The Significance of Whales in Māori Instrumental Music / Jennifer Cattermole

Paikea: he ariki, he tipua, he tangata / the legend, the ancient being, the person / Karyn Paringatai

A Critical Literacy Engagement with The Whale Rider / Susan Sandretto

Escape into Myth or Strategy for Community and Identity? The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera / Anton Escher

Asserting Feminist Claims within Māori Culture: Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002) / Alistair Fox

Addendum

Acknowledgements

Authors

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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ISBN:

3-8394-3340-1

9783839433409