These newer norms are in marked contrast to older forms of male effectiveness, and they have helped to define social distinctions within contemporary Papua New Guinea. At the same time, the reality of human behavior spills over the confines of both older and newer cultural norms, and the results can be confusing for individual males. However, individual confusion does not affect the overall saliency of these historically engendered forms of masculinity, nor the importance they may have for the justification of emerging social and economic inequalities within the country. 303-326 David A. Chappell Pacific history claims to have decolonized by focusing on Islanders as active agents who made participatory choices in their interactions with outsiders. This polemicism still decides for Islanders what is important about their past.
Nationalists often emphasize injustices committed against their peoples.
Such active modern agents discourse about victimization to portray not helplessness but innocence, and the need for redress. An Interview with Alan Duff , pp. All of a sudden, this relatively unknown Maori was making headlines in the print media, being interviewed over and over again on television, and making a lot of people angry. Once Were Warriors is now a successful, award-winning feature film. By his account, more novels, and possibly films, are already being written or planned.