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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Maori culture"”.
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Gospel power for civilization: the CMS missionary perspective on Maori Culture 1830-1860.
… missionaries as they observed and related to Maori people and their culture between 1830 and 1860. It showcases theology as the primary paradigm in which missionaries understood and commented upon Maori, as opposed to other culturally received frameworks. It argues that historians have given …
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Adidas, the All Blacks, and Maori Culture: Globalization and the Reformation of Local Identities
… and how they represent and commodify Māori culture. "The Making" of "Bonded by Blood" is the video component for that campaign. The "Of This Earth" file is the TV commercial from 2007. Furthermore, this study looked at whether or not these advertisements are in fact reaffirming already …
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“Going native”: a case study of cultural appropriation in a settler society, with particular reference to the activities of Johannes Andersen in New Zealand during the first half of the twentieth century
… This involves the utilisation of elements of the culture of the indigenous peoples by incorporating these elements in the signifying systems of the settler society, without the authorisation of the indigenes. The present study exemplifies some of the discursive strategies of cultural appropriation …
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Images of Pakeha-Māori: A Study of the Representation of Pakeha-Māori by Historians of New Zealand From Arthur Thomson (1859) to James Belich (1996)
… This thesis is about the history of attitudes to culture-crossers in New Zealand, the use of the term 'Pakeha-Māori', and the images that underlie the thinking of Britons and Pakeha about them. It explores the motives and backgrounds of specific authors and the ways in which they frame New Zealand …
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Māori social identities in New Zealand and Hawai'i
This research is comprised of two narrative interview studies of Māori in two different settings, New Zealand (n=20) and Hawai'i (n=30). The data was gathered over the 1994-1996 period. The two settings have some commonalities and differences. In both settings Māori are required to make decisions …