Verbatim and Maori Theatre Techniques: Documenting People's Experiences of Hauora

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Verbatim and Maori Theatre Techniques: Documenting People's Experiences of Hauora

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University of Otago

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The theatrical review group Maranga Mai, emerging out of the political unrest of the 1970s, used drama to challenge New Zealand’s ideology of one people and dispel the myth that Māori and Pākehā (a person of predominantly European descent) lived in racial utopia. Maranga Mai used agit-prop theatre to dramatise Māori grievances and struggles against Pākehā hegemony, which were seen as a direct threat to Pākehā definitions of reality (Potiki “Whatungarongaro” 62). Despite the amateur nature of ...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2017

Creator

Kewene, Francis

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/7028

Related subjects

Māori / Theatre / Verbatim / Hauora

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