Mana Wahine Reader Volume 1

This first volume of 2 contains articles from various academics - edited by Leonie Pihama, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Naomi Simmonds, Joeliee Seed-Pihama and Kirsten Gabel.

Poem. Dont Mess with the Maori Woman - Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Article 01. To Us the Dreamers are Important - Rangimarie Mihomiho Rose Pere

Article 02. He Aha Te Mea Nui? - Waerete Norman

Article 03. He Whiriwhiri Wahine: Framing Womens Studies for Aotearoa Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

Article 04. Kia Mau, Kia Manawanui We will Never Go Away: Experiences of a Maori Lesbian Feminist - Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

Article 05. Maori Women: Discourses, Projects and Mana Wahine - Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Article 06. Becoming an Academic: Contradictions and Dilemmas of a Maori Feminist - Kathie Irwin

Article 07. Towards Theories of Maori Feminisms - Kathie Irwin

Article 08. Reflections on the Status of Maori Women - Kuni Jenkins

Article 09. Getting Out From Down Under: Maori Women, Education and the Struggles for Mana Wahine - Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Article 10. From Head and Shoulders - Merata Mita

Article 11. Hokianga Waiata a Nga Tupuna Wahine: Journeys through Mana Wahine, Mana Tane - Margie Hohepa

Article 12. The Marginalisation of Maori Women - Patricia Johnston and Leonie Pihama

Article 13. The Negation of Powerlessness: Maori Feminism, a Perspective - Ripeka Evans

Article 14. Maori Women: Caught in the Contradictions of a Colonised Reality - Annie Mikaere

Article 15. What Counts as Difference and what Differences Count: Gender, Race and the Politics of Difference - Patricia Johnston and Leonie Pihama

Article 16. Maori Women and Domestic Violence: The Methodology of Research and the Maori Perspective - Stephanie Milroy

Article 17. Towards a Theory of Mana Wahine - Huia Tomlins Jahnke

Article 18. Sacred Balance - Aroha Te Pareake Mead