Browsing by Author "Moffat, Kirstine"
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Hegemony, marginalisation, and hierarchies: Masculinities in contemporary Pakistani anglophone fiction
(The University of Waikato, 2022)By being empowered as subjects, authors of Pakistani anglophone fiction present a more nuanced, layered, and complex picture of Pakistan than the Western hegemonic discursive construction of the country as a hub of terror. ... -
Speaking Through Sacrifice: Rhetorical and Social Functions of Sacrifice within Long-Form Contemporary Fantasy Literature
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Long-form contemporary fantasy narratives present the opportunity for readers to immerse themselves in worlds both different from and resonant with our own. These narratives are fundamentally invested in questions of how ... -
“On and On It Goes”: Representations of the New Zealand Wars in novels, film, and theatre
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis considers fictional representations of the New Zealand Wars. Through the media of novels, feature films, and drama with links to Shakespeare, it explores common features between representations. It examines how ... -
Resisting captivity: An analysis of the New Zealand POW experience during World War Two
(The University of Waikato, 2018)During World War Two more than 9,000 New Zealand servicemen were captured and imprisoned. Many of these men were confronted by the challenges of disempowerment and a prolonged imprisonment. However, histories of captivity ... -
Holding Out For a Heroine: Representations of Voice, Silence and Adolescent Girls’ Identity in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Today, teenage girls are told they can do anything. However, this is not reflected in the images they see and the books they read, which often reinforce messages of passivity, weakness, objectification, and undermine the ...