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The Braided River
The Braided River

The Braided River

Migration and the Personal Essay

SOCIAL SCIENCE

292 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

EPUB, $14.99 (US $14.99) (CA $19.99)

Publication Date: July 2019

ISBN 9781988592145

Rights: WOR

Otago University Press (Jul 2019)

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Overview

This book explores contemporary migration to New Zealand through an examination of 200 personal essays written by 37 migrants from 20 different countries, spanning all ages and life stages. The first book to examine migration through the lens of the personal essay, The Braided River presents migration as a lifelong experience that affects everything from language, home, work, family, and friendship to finances, citizenship, and social benefits. Throughout, Diane Comer, both migrant and essayist herself, demonstrates the versatility of the personal essay as a means to analyze and understand migration, an issue with increasing relevance worldwide.

Author Biography

Diane Comer was born in Italy and grew up in the Dominican Republic, Belgium, and the United States. She received her PhD from the University of Canterbury. Her essays have been published in AGNI, The Georgia Review, Fourth Genre and elsewhere, and were noted in the Best American Essays series. She teaches at Victoria University of Wellington.

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