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003 DLC
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008 120316s2011 nz b 001 e eng
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020 $a9780864736970 (pbk.)
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040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
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050 00 $aPR9638.2.N452$bM34 2011
245 02 $aA made-up place :$bNew Zealand in young adult fiction /$cAnna Jackson, Geoffrey Miles, harry Ricketts, Tatjana Schaefer, Kathryn Walls.
264 1 $aWellington :$bVictoria University Press,$c2011.
300 $a223 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aDespite a strange cover that seemingly shows two girls in their underwear, this fascinating book by New Zealand-based scholars who teach children's literature discusses what is likely to be new ground for many of us: young adult literature from New Zealand. It analyses a number of topics (ranging from race to sport, the Gothic to money) and refers to many authors, including Margaret Mahy, Maurice Gee, and Witi Ihimaera. The main topic is national identity, which is connected to other issues, so Jackson, Miles, Rickets, Schaefer, and Walls analyze young adult literature from New Zealand with the apparent aim of understanding what such works say about New Zealand and about the New Zealander identity (or identities). / B.J. Epstein
500 $aIncludes index
650 0 $aYoung adult fiction, New Zealand$xHistory and criticism.
651 0 $aNew Zealand$xIn literature.
700 1 $aJackson, Anna,$d1967-
700 1 $aMiles, Geoffrey.
700 1 $aRicketts, Harry.
700 1 $aSchaefer, Tatjana,$c(University professor)
700 1 $aWalls, Kathryn.