Inherited body : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand

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Inherited body : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand

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Narrative ethics is a useful tool for approaching New Zealand historical fiction about family history because it looks to the risks and losses of appropriating family for the author, their subjects, and readers. In the following critical analysis I discuss three recent New Zealand novels based on family historical narratives, each of which depict characters attempting to write their own stories within power structures that threaten to silence them: Alison Wong’s As The Earth Turns Silver (200...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2017

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Styles, Rebecca Joy / Styles, Rebecca

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/13121

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Alison Wong / Paula Morris / Kelly Ana Morey / New Zealand fiction / Historical fiction / New Zealand / History and criticism / Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Literature

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