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Reading Nature and Cultures

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Witi Ihimaera’s »The Whale Rider« and its Contexts
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 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.



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

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  1. FrontmatterPages 1 - 1
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  2. EditorialPages 2 - 4
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  3. ContentsPages 5 - 8
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  4. Climates – Cultures – ContextsPages 9 - 10
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  5. Reading Nature and Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on The Whale Rider and its ContextsPages 13 - 24
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  6. Māori Novelist and Indigenous Envoy: Writing to the WorldPages 25 - 36
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  7. The Whale Rider Around the World – Publishers, Editions and AudiencesPages 37 - 48
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  8. Why Books Travel: Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider and the Internationalisation of the Book MarketPages 49 - 60
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  9. Witi Ihimaera as Translator: Reading The Whale Rider as Indigenous-led TranslationPages 61 - 84
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  10. Reading to Make the World a Better Place? Critical Literacy and Education for Sustainable DevelopmentPages 87 - 106
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  11. A River with Personhood: Witi Ihimaera’s NovelPages 107 - 120
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  12. Whales: From Land-Dwelling Ungulates to Giants of the SeasPages 121 - 144
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  13. Whale Myths in Children’s and Young Adult LiteraturePages 145 - 154
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  14. Whales in Contemporary Anglophone Literature and Film: A Cetopoetic Reading of Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale RiderPages 155 - 162
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  15. Anthropological and Linguistic Contextualisation of The Whale Rider: Māori Origin, Social Relatedness and Cultural IdentityPages 165 - 184
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  16. Whale Song: The Significance of Whales in Māori Instrumental MusicPages 185 - 192
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  17. Paikea: he ariki, he tipua, he tangata / the legend, the ancient being, the personPages 193 - 200
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  18. A Critical Literacy Engagement with The Whale RiderPages 201 - 208
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  19. Escape into Myth or Strategy for Community and Identity? The Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraPages 209 - 216
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  20. Asserting Feminist Claims within Māori Culture: Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)Pages 217 - 230
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  21. AcknowledgementsPages 233 - 234
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  22. AuthorsPages 235 - 240
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