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Voyeuristic Curiosity: Thoughts on Safdar Ahmed’s “Villawood”
Safdar Ahmed’s Villawood: Notes from an Immigration Detention Center depicts the treatment of immigrants in Australian detention center, Villawood. Through his webcomic, Ahmed shares the stories of several refugees while also showcasing the center’s cruel conditions and unfair treatment of … Continue reading
Posted in Migration in Visual Narratives
Tagged Australian Nonfiction, Book Review, Graphic Novel, Migration in Visual Narratives, Safdar Ahmed, Villawood: Notes from an Immigration Detention Center
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Thoughts on the Wordless Graphic Novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan
by Johanna E. “My picture books are essentially an attempt to subversively reimagine everyday experience,” Shaun Tan says about his own work (Haber 23). His graphic novel The Arrival (2006) is a clear example for Tan’s usage of fantastic element … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Graphic Novel, Shaun Tan, Speculative Australia, The Arrival
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My Impressions and Review of Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish
by Anne Schulzki I decided to read Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish for week 5 of the class ‘Migration in Visual Narratives’, in which we talked about Migration in Digital Narratives / Vietnamese Refugee Tales in Graphic Novels. Impressions … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Migration in Visual Narratives, Review, The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen
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“You take and take, but you cannot take from who we are” – “Raupatu” by Alien Weaponry
In this blog post, I would like to discuss a slightly unorthodox form of cultural remembrance. “Raupatu” is the second single released by Alien Weaponry, a metal band from Aotearoa whose songs are mostly performed in Te Reo and occasionally … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous Literature from New Zealand
Tagged identity, Lyrics, Music, Roots and Routes, Treaty
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A response to Transient by Kelly Joseph
A woman who is stranded in the United States, where she was seeking adventures but is increasingly feeling homesick. Never able to fully arrive in this country the woman wanders through the streets of New York one day until she … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous Literature from New Zealand
Tagged Aotearoa New Zealand, Displacement, Global, Indigenous Literature, Indigenous; Māori; Maori, Manhattan, Maori Literature, Museum, New York
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Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō – Don’t forget your roots, my friend…
Calling all Kiwis and music lovers! And no, I am not talking about the fruit, but rather about Aoteoroa/ New Zealand, since this blog entry focuses on the music of this country’s biggest reggae rock fusion band Six60. The single … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous Literature from New Zealand
Tagged Belonging, Global, identity, Language, Maori, Music, Roots and Routes, Te Reo
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Book Review: Cousins by Patricia Grace
The novel Cousins by Patricia Grace was first published by Penguin New Zealand in 1992. It is about the lives of three cousins and how they grow up under different circumstances. The first protagonist and the oldest cousin Mata is … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous Literature from New Zealand
Tagged Book Review, Cousins, Family, Maori Literature, Novel, Roots and Routes
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Is the novel The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti really a must-read?
Anonymous review posted on behalf of one of the students Note: The reviewer briefly discusses the novel’s ending. The New Zealand writer Tina Makereti published her second novel, The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, in 2018. It is about a … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, historical fiction, Māori literature, Roots and Routes
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The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke
A review of Tina Makereti’s latest novel, a book which focuses on the experiences of a Māori orphan *Warning: contains spoilers* The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, written by Tina Makereti, narrates the live of Hemi/James, who showcases his experiences … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Indigenous Literature, Maori Literature, Orphan, Roots and Routes, The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, Tina Makereti
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A Response to “In the Shadow Of Monte Cassino” by Lauren Keenan
It’s not easy to act according your parents’ will, especially when you do not know what secrets they live with. In the short story “In the Shadow of Monte Cassino”, published in 2017 in Huia Short Stories 12 by Māori … Continue reading
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Tagged Italy, Maori, Māori literature, response paper, Second World War, short story, War
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