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Mana wahine : decolonising gender in Aotearoa

By: Pihama, Leonie.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Australian Feminist Studies.Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2021Subject(s): COLONISATION | FEMINISM | GENDER | MĀORI | WOMEN | RANGAHAU MĀORI | TAIPŪWHENUATANGA | TIKANGA TUKU IHO | TUAKIRI | WĀHINE | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2020.1902270 In: Australian Feminist Studies, 2021, Advance online publication, 8 April 2021Summary: This article discusses the place of Mana Wahine theory in decolonising gender relationships in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Mana wahine theory is grounded upon and informed by Māori language, practices, protocol and knowledge forms. It is through this lens that we are able more deeply come to understand and theorise issues faced by Māori women and in doing so to reclaim and reassert our place on our own lands. This is both a movement and a theory that has at its centre the resurgence and reaffirmation of the mana of Māori women, past, present and future. (Author's abstract). Record #7081
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Australian Feminist Studies, 2021, Advance online publication, 8 April 2021

This article discusses the place of Mana Wahine theory in decolonising gender relationships in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Mana wahine theory is grounded upon and informed by Māori language, practices, protocol and knowledge forms. It is through this lens that we are able more deeply come to understand and theorise issues faced by Māori women and in doing so to reclaim and reassert our place on our own lands. This is both a movement and a theory that has at its centre the resurgence and reaffirmation of the mana of Māori women, past, present and future. (Author's abstract). Record #7081