MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010030328
003 DLC
005 20130611080800.0
008 100727s2010 sz b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010030328
020 $a9783034302241 (alk. paper)
020 $a303430224X (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn652445862
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dCDX$dDLC
043 $au-nz---
050 00 $aPR9625.5.I34$bM35 2010
082 00 $a823/.91409899442$222
100 1 $aMajid, Nadia,$d1978-
245 10 $a'My mother was the earth, my father was the sky' :$bmyth and memory in Maori novels in English /$cNadia Majid.
260 $aBern, Switzerland ;$aNew York :$bPeter Lang,$cc2010.
300 $aviii, 284 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aMaori 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.
650 0 $aNew Zealand fiction$xMaori authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aIdentity (Psychology) in literature.
650 0 $aMaori fiction$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMyth in literature.
650 0 $aMemory in literature.
650 0 $aMaori (New Zealand people) in literature.
600 10 $aIhimaera, Witi,$d1944-$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aGrace, Patricia,$d1937-$xCriticism and interpretation.