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Te Awa Atua = Menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori world : an examination of stories, ceremonies and practices regarding menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori world : based on a Masters thesis / Ngāhuia Murphy.

By: Publisher: Ngaruawahia [N.Z.] : He Puna Manawa Ltd, 2013Description: 176 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780473259662
  • 0473259664
Other title:
  • Menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori world
Subject(s):
Contents:
Pao -- He korero tataki : introduction (Theories ; Methodology ; Chapter outline) -- Putea whakairo : theoretical framework (Kaupapa Māori : gate-crashing the academy ; Mana wahine : our story is written in our blood ; the politics of domination ; Atua wahine ; An agenda for decolonisation) -- Nga huanui i whaia : methodology (An agenda of transformation ; ceremony ; my participants ; Indigenous autoethnography : keeping the fires burning) -- Maui (Legacies of terror ; Gender balance ; Maui the trickster) -- Kurawaka (Sacred lore/sacred law ; Menarche and matrilineal rituals ; Dedication ; Sisters and brothers ; Restriction ; Menstrual spaces) -- Te awa tapu : potent not pollutant (Power to overwhelm ; Protection ; Women and war ; Atua kahu in war ; Multiple meanings) -- He whakatepenga : Conclusions.
Summary: Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori World is a groundbreaking Kaupapa Māori work that reclaims ceremonies and rites of passage from traditional Māori society. The subject is contextualised within Māori metaphysics and philosophies and is presented using karakia, moteatea, poetry and storytelling alongside critical indigenous autoethnography.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Panapa Māori Resources John Kinder Theological Library GN484.38 MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J01012582

Includes bibliographical references.

Pao -- He korero tataki : introduction (Theories ; Methodology ; Chapter outline) -- Putea whakairo : theoretical framework (Kaupapa Māori : gate-crashing the academy ; Mana wahine : our story is written in our blood ; the politics of domination ; Atua wahine ; An agenda for decolonisation) -- Nga huanui i whaia : methodology (An agenda of transformation ; ceremony ; my participants ; Indigenous autoethnography : keeping the fires burning) -- Maui (Legacies of terror ; Gender balance ; Maui the trickster) -- Kurawaka (Sacred lore/sacred law ; Menarche and matrilineal rituals ; Dedication ; Sisters and brothers ; Restriction ; Menstrual spaces) -- Te awa tapu : potent not pollutant (Power to overwhelm ; Protection ; Women and war ; Atua kahu in war ; Multiple meanings) -- He whakatepenga : Conclusions.

Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori World is a groundbreaking Kaupapa Māori work that reclaims ceremonies and rites of passage from traditional Māori society. The subject is contextualised within Māori metaphysics and philosophies and is presented using karakia, moteatea, poetry and storytelling alongside critical indigenous autoethnography.

In English with some Māori.

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