Bitter Sweet: Indigenous Women in the Pacific

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Alison Jones, Phyllis Herda, Tamasailau Suaalii
University of Otago Press, 2000 - Business & Economics - 159 pages
A collection of writing by 10 indigenous Pacific women. Essay topics include images of Maori women on New Zealand postcards, the interests and cultural identity of Maori women, education in Western Samoa, young Samoan women and sexuality, gender and work in Fiji, deconstructing the 'exotic' female beauty, representation in films, and poetry.

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Notes on Contributors
5
Introduction
11
one Images of Māori Women
17
Copyright

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Alison Jones is a College Professor who works in the field of sociology of education. Her books and articles focus on a diverse range of social and political sites including feminist theory, an ethnography of Pacific Islands girls¿ schooling, and social anxiety about touching children. Her most recent work involves the complexities of Maori-Pakeha educational relationships, in their origins in the early 19th century and in their present configurations. She teaches research methodologies, and offers academic writing workshops for staff and graduate students. In 2018 Alsion won a Volume Ockhameter Award for Non-fiction Illustration for her title, "Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds", which she co-wrote with Kuni Kaa Jenkins.

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