'My mother was the earth, my father was the sky' : myth and memory in Maori novels in English /
Majid, Nadia, 1978-
'My mother was the earth, my father was the sky' : myth and memory in Maori novels in English / Nadia Majid. - viii, 284 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maori writing in contemporary discourse -- Myth and memory: functions and methods -- Myth and the emergence of Maori identity -- Old tales for a new future: the use of myth in Maori fiction -- Memory in narrative: in search of a Maori identity -- He tuhinga pakimaero: the novels -- Te tumu: the foundations: what it means to be Maori -- Te poupou: the walls: occupying the new Maori space -- Te tahu: the roof: moving towards home -- The novel as re-interpreter of the past and guide to the future -- From a literature of survival to novels of empowerment and pioneering.
303430224X 9783034302241
2010030328
Ihimaera, Witi, 1944- --Criticism and interpretation.
Grace, Patricia, 1937- --Criticism and interpretation.
New Zealand fiction--Maori authors--History and criticism.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Myth in literature.
Memory in literature.
Māori (New Zealand people) in literature.
PR9625.5.I34 / M35 2010
823.91409899442
'My mother was the earth, my father was the sky' : myth and memory in Maori novels in English / Nadia Majid. - viii, 284 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maori writing in contemporary discourse -- Myth and memory: functions and methods -- Myth and the emergence of Maori identity -- Old tales for a new future: the use of myth in Maori fiction -- Memory in narrative: in search of a Maori identity -- He tuhinga pakimaero: the novels -- Te tumu: the foundations: what it means to be Maori -- Te poupou: the walls: occupying the new Maori space -- Te tahu: the roof: moving towards home -- The novel as re-interpreter of the past and guide to the future -- From a literature of survival to novels of empowerment and pioneering.
303430224X 9783034302241
2010030328
Ihimaera, Witi, 1944- --Criticism and interpretation.
Grace, Patricia, 1937- --Criticism and interpretation.
New Zealand fiction--Maori authors--History and criticism.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Myth in literature.
Memory in literature.
Māori (New Zealand people) in literature.
PR9625.5.I34 / M35 2010
823.91409899442