Title: Narratives and images of Pacific Island women /
Authors: Hippolite Wright, Debbie.; Ram, Rosalind Meno.; Ward, Kathleen Fromm.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Women Islands of the Pacific Biography.; Women Islands of the Pacific Social conditions.
Abstract: The work is a collection of interviews and photographs gathered in an extensive women's oral history project funded by Brigham Young University- Hawai'i. The selected narratives include indigenous women from Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawai'i, Kiribati, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tonga. They establish significant distinctions and commonalities among Pacific Island women and also between island women and those outside the Pacific. Organized by island cultures, each narrative unfolds with minimal editorial intrusion. They are given context by a thorough first chapter which includes discussion of the research team's objectives, methodology, and ethnographic experiences, with particular attention to Pacific Island protocol. A gallery of images supports and enhances the narratives.
Contents: Table of Contents; Illustrations, vii; Foreword by Vernice Wineera, xi; Preface by Halaevalu Vakalahi, xiv; Chapter 1: An Introduction, 1; Chapter 2: Aotearoa/New Zealand; Teina Boasa-Dean, 17; Dina Hippolite, 25; Tureiti Haromi Moxon, 32; Emily Jemina (Serjeant) Skerrett, 41; Mere Eileen Ngautauta Skerrett-White, 45; Annette Sykes, 52; Chapter 3: Cook Islands; Lily (Riri) Teina Ngapoko Tutu Ariki Tauei-O-Tinomana Napa Jonassen, 63; Esther Katu, 72; Vereara Maeva, 77; Taiti Marekino, 82; Twin Marsters, 86; Chapter 4: Fiji; Zarina Begum, 91; Akanisi Mema'ofa, 102; Makereta Selai Rabo, 104; Verenaisi Roqoli, 107; Ateca Suguturaga, 110; Matila Bale Tora, 114. Chapter 5: Hawai'i; Rhonda Andresen, 121; Gwen Kim, 128; Winona Logan, 137; Clara K. Osorio, 139; Helen M.L. Wong Smith, 145; Chapter 6: Samoa; Faitala Eliepa, 151; Maria Talaitupu Kerslake, 153; Patricia M. Moors, 160; Helen Tanielu, 163; Ani Leti Tialavea, 169; Chapter 7: Tonga; Papiloa Bloomfield Foliaki, 173; Fuiva Kavaliku, 180; Neosita Lavaki, 185; Kolosia Pailate, 188; Leialoha Paongo Hingano Pakalani, 191; Seluvaia Toma'ata Vaha'i, 197; Chapter 8: More Islands; Akieti Ataia Tune, 203; Mele Nouella Heketoa, 213; Emily Naqiolevu, 221; Mary Saun, 225; Glossary, 232; Index, 235.