Women from the Pacific Islands are often perceived by Europeans as passive beauties dancing the hula with a flower in their hair, as docile companions of European or local men or as naive personalities surrounded by an endangered environment. But far from that male Western reception of women's status, which can be found in documentaries, motion pictures as well as travel and adventure literature, women are active and resolute agents who self-confidently shape their societies through their courageous and determined acting in public as well as in their communities. The current volume of Novara - Contributions to Research on the Pacific wants to deliver insights into the lives of women from the Pacific Islands and shows how they deal with shifting gender relations in changing societies. Traditions and adjustment processes to changing living conditions of women and men in Papua New Guinea, Palau and New Zealand present fascinating research fields, which open up the view to new living models apart from Western gender concepts. (Verlagstext)
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Preface (English/German) | 9
Berit Gustafsson:
"In Papua New Guinea We Never Talk About Gender."
Traditional Male and Female Roles and Gender Relations in Modern Society | 21
Abstract | 43
Gerit Gönitzer:
Der Kontrast zur Diversifikation: Die androzentrischen Machtstrukturen in Papua-Neuguinea | 45
Abstract | 63
Gabriele Stuerzenhofecker:
Gender and Consumption in the Aluni Valley, Southern Highlands Province - Papua New Guinea | 69
Abstract | 90
Claudia Lauterbach:
"Bitang ma bitang." Geschlechterbalance und Modernisierung in Palau | 93
Abstract | 123
Christine Binder-Fritz:
Growing Old in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Maori Women's Perceptions of Aging | 127
Abstract | 156
Helene Connor:
Land, Notions of "Home" and Cultural Space:
The Location and Articulation of Power and Gender in Maori Society | 159
Abstract | 182
Gabriele Habinger:
Inseln der DesillusionWeibliche Blicke auf die Südsee | 185
Abstract | 221
Margit Wolfsberger:
Book Review: Körper, Religion und Macht:
Sozialanthropologie der Geschlechterbeziehungen.
Davis-Sulikowski, Ulrike u.a(Hg.Innen)2001| 229
Katarina Ferro:
Book Review: Bitter Sweetlndigenous Women in the Pacific.
Jones, Alison et.al(eds.)2000| 233
List of Contributors | 237
Index of Maps
Map 1: Pacific Islands | 8
Map 2: Manus Island | 20
Map 3: Aluni Valley | 68
Map 4: Palau | 92
Map 5: New Zealand | 126
Index of Illustrations | 241