Interrogating speech in colonial encounters : native women and voice : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Women's Studies at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorMatahaere-Atariki, Donna C
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-04T01:58:15Z
dc.date.available2014-11-04T01:58:15Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is an examination of Maori women's relationship to feminism within the current postcolonial dilemma of New Zealand politics. It interrogates the voice of native women and the location of this articulation. I investigate the efficacy of 'speaking-out' under conditions of colonial renewal and advance stages of late-capitalism. I ask 'what role does mainstream feminist politics play in the reproduction of 'images' that express native women's subjectivity in the Pacific'? And subsequently, 'how have Maori women responded'? If the point is to have a voice, what does it mean for those of us who have been silenced to be 'given' a voice? The limits of feminism as the presumed destination of native women will be seen to reflect the double-bind proposed by Maori women unable to return 'home', to that space designated, 'indigenous theory'. The irony and contradictory inevitability of postcolonial politics produces a moment, event, that Native women have no option but to negotiate as part of the colonial encounter we all inhabit.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/5811
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectMaorien_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectSelf-actualizationen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.titleInterrogating speech in colonial encounters : native women and voice : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Women's Studies at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorMatahaere-Atariki, Donna Cen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineWomen's Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Philosophy (M. Phil.)en_US
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