“Glossary Islands” as sites of the “abroad” in post-colonial literature: towards a new methodology for language and knowledge relations in Keri Hulme’s The Bone People and Melissa Lucashenko’s Mullumbimby West, Patrick Leslie 2016, “Glossary Islands” as sites of the “abroad” in post-colonial literature: towards a new methodology for language and knowledge relations in Keri Hulme’s The Bone People and Melissa Lucashenko’s Mullumbimby, M/C Journal, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 1-1. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads west-glossaryislands-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 301.69KB 15 Title “Glossary Islands” as sites of the “abroad” in post-colonial literature: towards a new methodology for language and knowledge relations in Keri Hulme’s The Bone People and Melissa Lucashenko’s Mullumbimby Formatted title “Glossary Islands” as sites of the “abroad” in post-colonial literature: towards a new methodology for language and knowledge relations in Keri Hulme’s The Bone People and Melissa Lucashenko’s Mullumbimby Author(s) West, Patrick Leslie orcid.org/0000-0003-4957-4294 Journal name M/C Journal Volume number 19 Issue number 5 Start page 1 End page 1 Total pages 1 Publisher M/C - Media and Culture Place of publication Australia Publication date 2016-10 ISSN 1441-2616 Keyword(s) Post-Colonial Language English Australia Indigenous New Zealand Summary The publication of Melissa Lucashenko’s Mullumbimby in 2013 drew attention once more to the issue of how post-colonial scholars might best engage with English-language literary texts also containing a glossary of Indigenous words. This issue emerged first with the publication of Keri Hulme’s The Bone People in 1984. This article argues that, to date, scholars like Simon During and Eve Vincent have perpetuated a binary either/or approach to the interpretation of these glossaries. The result of this approach has been that either the pre-colonial Indigenous language or the colonial/post-colonizing English language has been privileged as the locus of linguistic power in the text. One problem with this approach is that it does not adequately represent the complex historical, cultural and political circumstances of post-colonial and multi-cultural nations like Australia (setting of Mullumbimby) and New Zealand (setting of The Bone People) as these link to matters of language. Another problem is that this binary approach restrains a close reading of the differences between different types of such glossaries, and of the nuanced relationship of a glossary to the text it accompanies. In place of this approach, this article proposes a new methodology that works with Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey’s notion of “tidalectics” as a way of reading island literatures. The neologism “glossary islands” allows another way into considering the function of glossaries in islandic literary texts like Lucashenko’s and Hulme’s. The post-colonial connection between islands and glossaries lies in the fact that they are each an intensified site of knowledge. Language eng Field of Research 190299 Film, Television and Digital Media not elsewhere classified 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified 200501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature Socio Economic Objective 950203 Languages and Literature HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Patrick Leslie West Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30087618 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Communication and Creative Arts Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connected to published version 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. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 17 Oct 2016, 14:07:53 EST Tue, 18 Oct 2016, 04:01:48 EST Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 07:21:26 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2016, 05:10:44 EST Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 09:04:11 EST Fri, 18 Nov 2016, 12:32:00 EST Fri, 18 Nov 2016, 12:32:45 EST Wed, 26 Jul 2017, 10:28:18 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 135 Abstract Views, 16 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 17 Oct 2016, 14:07:53 EST

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