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Peer reviewedTawake, Sandra K. – World Englishes, 1995
Compared the responses of four Pacific-islander readers and four non-Pacific-islander readers of Alan Duff's 1990 novel "Once Were Warriors," about the lives of indigenous Maori people in New Zealand. Non-Pacific-islanders saw parallels in the novel between the Maori and other downtrodden peoples, such as South African blacks, while…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Literature
