Browsing TCP, 2004 - Volume 16, Number 1 by Subject "nationhood"

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Contested Visions of History in Aotearoa New Zealand Literature: Witi Ihimaera's The Matriarch

Romaine, Suzanne (University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2004)

Competing visions of the past constitute contested historical ground in Aotearoa New Zealand. The novel as a genre constitutes a strategic site in constructing national identity. This article illustrates how Witi Ihimaera’s ...