Wilson, J. M. (2015) Currents of migration: writing and representation in the Pacific diaspora. Invited Keynote presented to: Pacific Waves: Reverberations from Oceania, University of Sussex, 06-07 November 2015. (Unpublished)
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Abstract:
This keynote address identifies the current global trends in migration and diaspora throughout the Pacific, and examines a series of texts that engage with issues of homes, belonging, and the 'return' - Albert Wendt's Sons for the Return Home (1975), Sia Fiegiel, Where We Once Belonged (1996), John Pule's, The Shark that Ate the Sun (1992) and Oscar Kightley and Simon Small's play, Fresh off the Boat (2005).
It argues that the yearning for return to the Pacific island homeland, that was found in the early generations who migrated from Samoa, Niue, Cook Islands to New Zealand, has now been replaced by a subculture of second generation migrants - children and grandchildren of migrants - who have never travelled to the ancestral island, but encounter images of the Pacific in the figures of new arrivals. Now the emphasis is more on old and new Pacific island stereotypes rather than essentialised identity constructions according to race, nation and gender.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Pacific island, literary and visual representation, Aotearoa/New Zealand, migration, Albert Wendt, John Pule, Sia Figiel, Oscar Kightely and Simon Small, Samoa, Niue
Subjects:
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN56 Themes and subjects in literature
J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration > JV6001 Emigration and immigration. International migration
P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR8309 English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration > JV6001 Emigration and immigration. International migration
P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR8309 English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
Creators:
Wilson, J. M.
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date:
6 November 2015
Date Type:
Presentation
Event Title:
Pacific Waves: Reverberations from Oceania
Event Dates:
06-07 November 2015
Event Location:
University of Sussex
Event Type:
Conference
Language:
English
Status:
Unpublished
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