Political life writing in Papua New Guinea: what, who, why? Ritchie, Jonathan 2015, Political life writing in Papua New Guinea: what, who, why?. In Corbett, Jack and Lal, Brij V. (ed), Political life writing in the Pacific: reflections on practice, ANU Press, Acton, A.C.T., pp.13-31. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Political life writing in Papua New Guinea: what, who, why? Author(s) Ritchie, Jonathan orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-6081 Title of book Political life writing in the Pacific: reflections on practice Editor(s) Corbett, Jack Lal, Brij V. Publication date 2015 Start page 13 End page 31 Total pages 19 Publisher ANU Press Place of Publication Acton, A.C.T. Summary This book aims to reflect on the experiential side of writing political lives in the Pacific region. The collection touches on aspects of the life writing art that are particularly pertinent to political figures: public perception and ideology; identifying important political successes and policy initiatives; grappling with issues like corruption and age-old political science questions about leadership and ‘dirty hands’. These are general themes but they take on a particular significance in the Pacific context and so the contributions explore these themes in relation to patterns of colonisation and the memory of independence; issues elliptically captured by terms like ‘culture’ and ‘tradition’; the nature of ‘self’ presented in Pacific life writing; and the tendency for many of these texts to be written by ‘outsiders’, or at least the increasingly contested nature of what that term means. ISBN 9781925022605 Language eng Field of Research 160606 Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific Socio Economic Objective 940203 Political Systems HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter ERA Research output type B Book chapter Copyright notice ©2015, ANU Press Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30074947 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: Alfred Deakin Research Institute School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 11 Aug 2015, 11:22:14 EST Wed, 12 Aug 2015, 05:01:16 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2016, 05:05:49 EST Wed, 06 Jul 2016, 16:33:40 EST Wed, 06 Jul 2016, 16:35:39 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 10:04:01 EST Wed, 11 Jan 2017, 09:50:51 EST Tue, 13 Jun 2017, 11:17:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 78 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 11 Aug 2015, 11:22:14 EST

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