![]() Such statements shed light on the tensions underlying a postcolonial New Zealand society caught between two extremes: essentialization of ethnic identities and cultural appropriation. Stead, arguing that the author’s Maori identity is not authentic and she should not have received the award for Maori writing. After its publication and international success, the novel sparked some controversy in New Zealand, with a number of critics, such as C.K. It was finally taken on by a small independent publishing house, Spiral, founded by a feminist collective, among whose members was the well-known Maori leader, writer, and healthcare activist Irihapeti Ramsden. Due to its modernist style and nonstandard spelling and word use, The Bone People was initially rejected by several established publishers on the grounds of being difficult to understand. ![]()
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