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1 Refuse/Refuge : Castaways on Islands of Exception Chris Prentice , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Interventions : International Journal of Postcolonial Studies , vol. 25 no. 1 2023; (p. 11-29)

'At various points in their (post)colonial histories, the border-protective politics of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have mobilized off-shore islands as spaces of “inclusive exclusion”. Yet, even as spaces of exception and/or exclusion, off-shore islands dismantle inside/outside distinctions. I discuss a selection of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand novels featuring both literal and metaphorical islands used for removal, internment or containment of Indigenous peoples and wartime “enemy aliens”. Through their attention to the poetics of island form, and coasts as more-than-human spaces, the novels underscore how islands bring the relation between inside and outside into question, complicating the articulation of borders.'  (Publication abstract) 
1 y separately published work icon Cultural Transformations : Perspectives on Translocations in a Global Age Chris Prentice (editor), Vijay Devadas (editor), Henry Johnson (editor), Amsterdam New York (City) : Rodopi , 2010 Z1728611 2010 anthology criticism 'Contemporary global culture is inevitably culture in translation. It encompasses encounter, exchange, and transformation, disruption and the emergence of the totally new. Drawing on contemporary theorists in fields of cultural studies and postcolonial studies, this interdisciplinary collection of essays explores the functions of cultural translation in - and as - translocation.

They analyze the uneven distribution of power and wealth alongside the unpredictable emergence of forms of agency in postcolonial and diasporic contexts, and in relation to the appetites of the global cultural and information economy. With diverse geocultural emphases, they refer to literature, film, television, electronic media, music, and other spaces of cultural gathering, collection, and performance. The essays span theoretical engagement and case study approaches, taking cultural materials and practices as objects, mediums, and agents of translocation. They contribute to vital contemporary debates about the politics of culture and peoples in translation.' (Source: Publisher's website)
1 Reconciliation and Cultural (In)difference Chris Prentice , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Resistance and Reconciliation : Writing in the Commonwealth 2003; (p. 168-186)
1 [Untitled] Chris Prentice , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Span , October no. 45 1997; (p. 115-120)
— Review of Literary Formations : Post-Colonialism, Nationalism, Globalism Anne Brewster , 1995 single work criticism
1 Grounding Postcolonial Fictions: Cultural Constituencies, Cultural Credentials and Uncanny Questions of Authority Chris Prentice , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Span , October no. 36 1993; (p. 100-112) Also discusses Keri Hulme's The Bone People.
1 The Interplay of Place and Placelessness in the Subject of Post-Colonial Fiction Chris Prentice , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Span , February no. 31 1991; (p. 63-80)
1 Writing into the Land: The Textual Mediation of Relationships to the Land in Elizabeth Jolley's Fiction Chris Prentice , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Elizabeth Jolley : New Critical Essays 1991; (p. 1-14)
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