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Orovwuje, Eloise E. I |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-03-30T23:16:33Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-25T07:50:00Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-03-30T23:16:33Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-10-25T07:50:00Z |
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dc.date.copyright |
2001 |
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dc.date.issued |
2001 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/23604 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This thesis examines the links (both metaphorical and literal) between the notions of dis/placement (and its relation to identity), and text/narrative in Bessie Head's Maru and Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood -- both of which are pieces of autobiographical fiction. In critiquing each novel, it addresses three key points: how much Head and Emecheta's writings have been influenced by their real life preoccupations and experiences; how writing either offered them a place to belong, or displaced them; and how these issues involving writing and dis/placement are echoed within the novels themselves. |
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pdf |
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en_NZ |
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dc.language.iso |
en_NZ |
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dc.publisher |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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dc.title |
Text and dis/placement in Bessie Head's Maru and Buchi Emecheta's The joys of motherhood |
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dc.type |
Text |
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vuwschema.type.vuw |
Awarded Research Masters Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
English |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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