Witi Ihimaera : a changing vision / by Umelo Ojinmah.
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TextSeries: Whenua series ; no. 7.Publication details: Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 1993.Description: x, 145 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0908569572 (pbk.)
- 9780908569571 (pbk.)
- NZ823.2 20
- PR9639.3.I5 Z8 1993
- 18.07
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book: Standard | Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre | Paterson Collection | PR9639.3.I5 O35 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 19-659 |
"Pacific people, land and literature."
Revision of Cataloguing-in-Publication data.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-140) and index.
List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Ihimaera and the Maori perspective -- Illustrations -- 2. From pastoral to political : A changing way of life -- The pastoral phase -- The transitional phase -- The political phase -- 3. Coming to terms with the new way : The radicalisation of Ihimaera's views in The Matriarch -- The historical background and Ihimaera's -- Revisionism -- Assimilation or bicultural intergration? -- A symbol of biculuralism -- 4. Myth and modern reality: the dilemma of biculturalism in Ihimaera's recent fiction -- Ihimaera's recent fiction : The Whale Rider -- The dilemma of biculturalism -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Notes -- Index.
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