Te Awa Atua, Te Awa Tapu, Te Awa Wahine: An examination of stories, ceremonies and practices regarding menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori world.

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Te Awa Atua, Te Awa Tapu, Te Awa Wahine: An examination of stories, ceremonies and practices regarding menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori world.

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This thesis examines Māori cosmological stories, ceremonies, and traditional practices regarding menstruation in pre-colonial Māori society. I use kaupapa Māori and mana wahine as a theoretical and methodological framework, contextualising these stories within Māori cultural paradigms.This is important because menstruation has been framed within deeply misogynist, colonial ideologies in some ethnographic accounts, distorting menstrual rites and practices beyond recognition. These interpretati...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2011

Creator

Murphy, Ngahuia Aroha Grace

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5532

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mana wahine / menstruation / menstrual ceremonies / Māori matrilineal rituals / menstrual cosmology stories / menstruation in mōteatea / menstrual tribal practices

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