A va'ine approach to creative writing : the tīvaevae framework and the calabash breaker : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Creative Writing at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

dc.contributor.authorKokaua-Balfour, Stacey
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T00:26:37Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T00:26:37Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores an approach to creative writing embedded with an indigenous cultural framework from the Cook Islands. The tīvaevae framework, based around the process of constructing Cook Islands tīvaevae quilts, shapes both the critical and creative components of the thesis. The critical component explains how the tīvaevae framework is utilised and includes a discussion of an archetype called the calabash breaker, named after the poem of the same name by Selina Tusitala Marsh. The calabash breaker appears in different guises in both traditional and contemporary Moana narratives and can be recognised by her strong links to family, community and place, combined with tendency to rebel against the social conventions of her community. Typically, her insubordinate nature drives the narrative towards her ultimate act of disruption while also providing a method of social critique. Characters who share the traits of the calabash breaker are explored through a close reading of Witi Ihimaera’s novel Whale Rider (1987) and Sia Figiel’s novel The Girl in the Moon Circle (1996). In the creative component, a middle grade novel titled The Mōmoke’s Daughter, a Rarotongan girl named Kimiora from Porirua discovers she is the daughter of a mōmoke, a figure from Rarotongan cultural narratives. Kimiora and her friend return to the world of the mōmoke in the depths of te Moananui a Kiva, the Pacific Ocean. The book has a strong environmental concerns and explores what it means to be Indigenous to the Pacific while also part of a global community that is responsible for so much of the environmental destruction of ocean habitats. The novel uses the calabash breaker, expressed through the character of Kimiora, to explore Cook Islands ideas about identity, family, belonging, place and the role of mana tiaki (kaitiaki) of ocean environments.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/15405
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectCook Islandsen_US
dc.subjectIslands of the Pacificen_US
dc.subjectSocial life and customsen_US
dc.subjectFictionen_US
dc.subjectFeminist literary criticismen_US
dc.subjectOceaniaen_US
dc.subjectIhimaera, Witien_US
dc.subjectWhale rideren_US
dc.subjectFigiel, Siaen_US
dc.subjectGirl in the moon circleen_US
dc.subjectCriticism and interpretationen_US
dc.subjectKokaua-Balfour, Staceyen_US
dc.subjectThe mōmoke's daughteren_US
dc.titleA va'ine approach to creative writing : the tīvaevae framework and the calabash breaker : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Creative Writing at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorKokaua-Balfour, Stacey
thesis.degree.disciplineCreative Writingen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Creative Writing (MCW)en_US
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