Maori Times, Maori Places: Prophetic Histories

by Karen Sinclair

Overview

Today, the Maori must live in a world that is dominated by European institutions. The ability to do this successfully depends on their constant vigilance in sustaining their beliefs, their views of themselves, and their notions of how the world works. Their membership in Maramatanga permits them to feel selected while they cautiously traverse a landscape which has lost its familiar outlines. This book is a compilation of twenty-five years of fieldwork with a group of Maori. It is an examination of oral histories, notebooks of songs, diaries, accounts of pilgrimages, and life histories. Critical issues are addressed including, written and unwritten histories, colonialism, gender, and membership in Maramatanga. This book examines in great detail what scholars of New Zealand have grown to understand, there is no monolithic Maori voice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742516397
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/17/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.74(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Karen Sinclair is a professor of anthropology at Eastern Michigan University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Narrative: Te Karere Chapter 2 The Dispensation of Colonialism Chapter 3 Mere Rikiriki at Parewanui: The Genesis of the Maramatanga Chapter 4 Mareikura, Maungarongo, and the Development of the Maramatanga Narrative: Hine Ataarangi Chapter 5 Growth and the Emergence of a New Generation Narrative: Pinenga Chapter 6 Expansion and Consolidation Narrative: Hoana Chapter 7 Pilgrimages to Waitangi Narrative: Raana Chapter 8 Te Umuroa and the Tira Hoe Waka Narrative: Matiu Chapter 9 Conclusion: The Tradition of Propecy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Chapter 10 Appendix 1: Kinship Diagrams 1-6 Chapter 11 Appendix 2: Nationally Recognized Waiata from the Maramatanga Chapter 12 Appendix 3: Flags of the Movement Chapter 13 Appendix 4: Interviews, Research, and Notebooks Chapter 14 Glossary

Editorial Reviews

A valuable book for and about a group of people who have lived mostly in isolation and were therefore largely unknown in the wider world.

The Contemporary Pacific

Maori Times, Maori Places is a book that will interest scholars of New Zealand as well as general readers. It is a history that seeks to place the Maramatanga within the changing landscape of New Zealand. Through all the political and social upheaval of the past seventy years, the gentle voice of Te Karere can still be heard by her people.

Oceana