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1 online resource (384 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; About the authors; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction: Voice, Text and the Colonial Archive; 1: 'I am a woman who wrote this letter': Land Sales; 2: 'I am pierced by war's alarms': Accounts of War; 3: 'I am living here a Stranger on this land': Raupatu and Compensation; 4: 'Look at me, I am just a woman speaking': Politics and Mana; 5: 'I will not desist from writing to you': Māori Women's Petitions; 6: 'I am the prosecutrix in this case': Legal Encounters and Testamentary Acts; 7: 'If I die, I am dying for the Lord': Religion |
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8: 'I am burning like fire': Private MattersEpilogue: 'I am writing to you for you to hear'; Notes; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
During the nineteenth century, Maori women produced letters and memoirs, wrote off to newspapers and commissioners, appeared before commissions of enquiry, gave evidence in court cases, and went to the Native Land Court to assert their rights. "He Reo Wahine" is a bold new introduction to the experience of Maori women in colonial New Zealand through Maori women's own words - the speeches and evidence, letters and testimonies that they left in the archive. Drawing from over 500 texts in both English and te reo Maori written by Maori women themselves, or expressing their words in the first person, "He Reo Wahine" explores the range and diversity of Maori women's concerns and interests, the many ways in which they engaged with colonial institutions, as well as their understanding and use of the law, legal documents, and the court system. The book both collects those sources - providing readers with substantial excerpts from letters, petitions, submissions and other documents - and interprets them. Eight chapters group texts across key themes: land sales, war, land confiscation and compensation, politics, petitions, legal encounters, religion and other private matters. Beside a large scholarship on New Zealand women's history, the historical literature on Maori women is remarkably thin. This book changes that by utilising the colonial archives to explore the feelings, thoughts and experiences of Maori women - and their relationships to the wider world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women, Māori -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
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Women, Māori -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
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Women, Māori -- Political activity
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Women, Māori
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Kōrero nehe.
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Wāhine.
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Rauemi matua.
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Tuhinga kōrero.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wanhalla, Angela
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| ISBN |
9781775589280 |
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1775589285 |
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9781775589273 |
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1775589277 |
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