Biculturalism, women’s collectives, Māori feminism and mana wāhine Māori : de-storying narratives of mono-culturalism within postcolonial Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Connor, Helene
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2016-06
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Aotearoa
Māori women
women
feminism
biculturalism
mono-culturalism
colonialism
post-colonialism
Māori renaissance
New Zealand
Māori women
women
feminism
biculturalism
mono-culturalism
colonialism
post-colonialism
Māori renaissance
New Zealand
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Connor, DH. (2016, June). Biculturalism, Women’s Collectives, Māori Feminism and Mana Wāhine Māori: De-Storying Narratives of Mono-culturalism within Postcolonial Aotearoa/New Zealand. Paper presented at De/Storying the Joint: AWGSA Biennial International Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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He iwi kotahi tātou – We are one people? The beginning of Mono-culturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
We are one people?
• Became a rationale for assimilation policies and mono-culturalism.
• Hobson’s words epitomised European attitudes towards Māori. European colonists and Māori were to become one people, one culture and live under one law, a European law, where Māori were to become brown Pākehā and assimilated into European culture.
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De-storying narratives of mono-culturalism
• Has been an important aspect of feminism within the context of postcolonial Aotearoa/New Zealand in order to create space for biculturalism and distinct Māori feminist frameworks such as Mana wāhine Māori, a Māori feminist discourse which affirms Māori women as critical actors for social change.
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