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Home and Uprooting in Kelly Joseph’s “Transient”
Home. What does home mean to people? Is it the place where one grew up? The place where one is living now? The place where one’s ancestors lived? Or is home defined by the people with whom one lives together? … Continue reading
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Tagged Global, Home, Māori, Māori literature, Museum, Roots and Routes, short story, Uprooting
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“He looked at me like a cold and thirsty sailor might look at a long hot mug of coffee spiked with whiskey”: Gaze and desire in Tina Makereti’s The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke
Tina Makereti’s 2018 novel The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke tells the story of a young Māori boy who travels to London to become part of an exhibition that displays Māori culture to an audience of Victorian England. It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged Desire, Exhibition, Gaze, historical fiction, Indigenous, London, Māori, Maori, Maori Literature, Queerness
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Welcome to the sub-blog “Indigenous Literature from New Zealand”
Nau mai, haere mai! Here, you will find various kinds of contributions – ranging from short literary analyses to response papers and reviews – focussing on different sorts of ‘texts’ – including short stories, lyrics, novels, and poems. All blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Aotearoa New Zealand, Indigenous Literature, Māori, Maori Literature
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