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Reading Nature and Cultures
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Witi Ihimaera’s »The Whale Rider« and its Contexts- Editors:
- | |
- Series:
- Climates – Cultures – Contexts, Volume 3
- Publisher:
- 2026
Summary
The globally acclaimed novel »The Whale Rider« by Witi Ihimaera connects with today’s pressing issues: decolonization, environmental protection, cultural resilience. The contributors to this volume offer readers intercultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on this work through accessible scholarly and personal analyses. They show how literature can bridge nature and cultures, myth and reality, Indigenous stories and international audiences. Readers gain new insights into Māori literature and its global contexts – making this a compelling read for scholars and curious minds alike.
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Bibliographic data
- Edition
- 1/2026
- Copyright Year
- 2026
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-8376-7919-9
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-8394-3340-9
- Publisher
- transcript, Bielefeld
- Series
- Climates – Cultures – Contexts
- Volume
- 3
- Language
- German
- Pages
- 241
- Product Type
- Edited Book
Table of contents
ChapterPages
- Reading Nature and Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on The Whale Rider and its ContextsPages 13 - 24Authors: | |Download chapter (PDF)
- Māori Novelist and Indigenous Envoy: Writing to the WorldPages 25 - 36Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- The Whale Rider Around the World – Publishers, Editions and AudiencesPages 37 - 48Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Why Books Travel: Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider and the Internationalisation of the Book MarketPages 49 - 60Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Witi Ihimaera as Translator: Reading The Whale Rider as Indigenous-led TranslationPages 61 - 84Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Reading to Make the World a Better Place? Critical Literacy and Education for Sustainable DevelopmentPages 87 - 106Authors: |Download chapter (PDF)
- Whales: From Land-Dwelling Ungulates to Giants of the SeasPages 121 - 144Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Whales in Contemporary Anglophone Literature and Film: A Cetopoetic Reading of Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale RiderPages 155 - 162Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Anthropological and Linguistic Contextualisation of The Whale Rider: Māori Origin, Social Relatedness and Cultural IdentityPages 165 - 184Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Whale Song: The Significance of Whales in Māori Instrumental MusicPages 185 - 192Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Paikea: he ariki, he tipua, he tangata / the legend, the ancient being, the personPages 193 - 200Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Escape into Myth or Strategy for Community and Identity? The Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraPages 209 - 216Authors:Download chapter (PDF)
- Asserting Feminist Claims within Māori Culture: Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)Pages 217 - 230Authors:Download chapter (PDF)



