'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
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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.