In your face: wearing Moko - Maori facial marking in today's world

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dc.contributor.authorNikora, Linda Waimarieen_US
dc.contributor.authorRua, Mohien_US
dc.contributor.authorTe Awekotuku, Ngahuiaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialConference held at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealanden_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2008-03-19T04:57:37Z
dc.date.available2007-10-10en_US
dc.date.available2008-03-19T04:57:37Z
dc.date.issued2003-08-01en_US
dc.description.abstractThe early voyagers, missionaries, settlers all reacted to the pukanohi, to the marked faces of the Maori people during the period of first contact, and the century following it. Their accounts are vivid, judgemental, revealing, telling us as much about them, as it does about the people they described. Curiosity and horror are mixed with a genuine fascination; where sternly evangelizing words failed, armed confrontation occurred; and we now live with the results, te ao hou, a new world. In this world, today, wahine mau kauae, tangata mau moko, pukanohi - wearers - are speaking for themselves, about themselves, and commenting on how others view them. Unanimously, they insist the decision to take the marking is about continuity, affirmation, identity, and commitment. It is also about wearing those ancestors, carrying them into the future; as their moko become a companion, a salient being with its own life force, its own integrity and power, beyond the face.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationNikora, L.W., Rua, M. & Te Awekotuku, N. (2003). In your face: wearing Moko Maori facial marking in todays world. Prepared for Tatau/Tattoo: Embodied Art and Cultural Exchange Conference, Victoria University, Wellington, 21-23 August 2003.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/463
dc.language.isoen
dc.sourceTatau/Tattoo: Embodied Art and Cultural Exchange c. 1760-2000 Conferenceen_NZ
dc.subjectMokoen_US
dc.subjecttattooen_US
dc.subjectMaorien_US
dc.titleIn your face: wearing Moko - Maori facial marking in today's worlden_US
dc.typeConference Contributionen_US
pubs.elements-id17322
pubs.finish-date2003-08-23en_NZ
pubs.start-date2003-08-21en_NZ
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