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Local practice v wider trends, Stuart Murray
Opening the Book: New Essays on New Zealand Writing Mark Williams and Michele Leggott (eds) Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1869401158 Ending the Silences: Critical Essays on the Works of Maurice Shadbolt Ralph J Crane (ed) Hodder Moa Beckett, $24.95,…
A timely if belated project, Lydia Wevers
The history of the book in New Zealand conference Auckland University, 29 August ‑ 1 September New Zealand is rather belatedly picking up the history of the book as a major research area; most western countries are well into a…
When the twain did meet, Janet Wilson
The gigantic stage in the vast, half‑filled auditorium of the Moscow State Pedagogical University is dominated by an image of the head of Mikhail Bakhtin above the dates 1895 (the year of his birth) to 1995. At its edges stand…
Ending the century, Lauris Edmond
Fête Accomplie a New Zealander’s Culinary Romance Peta Mathias Random House, $24.95, ISBN 1869412486 Here is a test. Do you order your dinner in a restaurant in the French of the menu or do you use the small print translation…
Tagged with: Issue 20, Lauris Edmond, Peta Mathias, Random House, Summer 1995
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Standing upright here, Hugh Roberts
Cinema of Unease Sam Neill and Judy Rymer Top Shelf Productions, British Film Institute, New Zealand Film Commission … and other recent New Zealand film The third and fourth generations Begin to speak differently, Suffering mutations, Cannot help identity; Nation’s…
Tagged with: Hugh Roberts, Issue 20, Judy Rymer, Sam Neill, Summer 1995
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Why she did it, Margaret Clark
Making a Difference Ruth Richardson Shoal Bay Press, $29.95, ISBN 0908704313 When Ruth Richardson announced last year that she was leaving Parliament, journalists at the press conference asked if she was bitter. “I do not have a bitter bone in…
Tagged with: Issue 20, Margaret Clark, Ruth Richardson, Shoal Bay Press, Summer 1995
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
When “liberal and progressive” was OK, Simon Upton
Coates of Kaipara Michael Bassett Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 869401174 For over a decade now public policy in New Zealand has been heavily infused with theory. Politicians have embraced expert advisers and internalised the “science” of economics with…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 20, Michael Bassett, Simon Upton, Summer 1995
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Work and community, Len Richardson
Building the New World: Work, Politics and Society in Caversham, 1880s‑1920s Erik Olssen Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1869401069 Work and play, the polar opposites commonly held to preoccupy that indefinable beast “the ordinary New Zealander” have not attracted quite…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Erik Olssen, Issue 20, Len Richardson, Summer 1995
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
A time of transition, Margaret Tennant
Her Work and His. Family Kin and Community in New Zealand 1900-1930 Claire Toynbee Victoria University Press, $34.95, ISBN 0864732848 Dialogue between historians and sociologists in New Zealand has been very limited. Where historians have acknowledged historical writing by sociologists,…
Tagged with: Claire Toynbee, Issue 20, Margaret Tennant, Summer 1995, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Breaking the silence, Katherine Findlay
The Middle Bridge: A New Zealand childhood Sheryl Jennings Tandem Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 908884508 Warriors of Truth: Adult Survivors Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse Kim McGregor University of Otago Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 90856984X Invisible Wounds: A Self‑help Guide…