Research Catalog

Title

In and out of touch : whakamaa in cross cultural context / Joan Metge.

Author

Metge, Joan, 1930-

Publication

Wellington : Victoria University Press, c1986.

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Details

Description

159 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

Whakamaa is a Maori word without an English counterpart - though 'shyness', 'shame' and 'withdrawal' all convey part of the meaning. In and Out of Touch investigates this central Maori cultural concept in terms of both individual experience and cultural misunderstanding.

Alternative Title

Whakamaa.

Subject

• Māori (New Zealand people) > Psychology
• Shame
• Embarrassment
• New Zealand > Civilization

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 154-155.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION -- Research -- Sources and methods -- Presentation -- Validation -- Quotations -- Use of words -- 2. WHAKAMAA : OUTWARD AND INWARD ASPECTS -- The outward signs -- The inward feelings -- The concept as a whole -- Variations in Whakamaa -- Iwi, Hapuu and Whaanau -- 3. THE CAUSES OF WHAKAMAA -- The causes of Whakamaa individuals -- Perception of lower status -- Uncertainty and confusion -- Recognition of fault -- Being put down -- Being singled out -- Because of others -- The causes of Whakamaa in gourps -- 4. WHAKAMAA, MANA AND SELF-IMAGE -- Mana -- Mauri and Ihi -- Mana and self-image -- Mana and Whakamaa -- 5. OPPOSITES AND SYNONYMS -- Whakahiihii -- Whakaiti -- Whakahiihii in children -- 6. THE TREATMENT OF WHAKAMAA -- In cases of wrongdoing -- Where wrongdoing is not involved -- Te return to the fold -- In cases of doubt or divided loyalty -- Laughter -- 7. THE CONSEQUENCES AND FUNCTIONS OF WHAKAMMA -- Out of touch -- Holding back -- Running away -- Hitting out -- Reinforcing the social order -- Paying the price -- Taking time out -- Profiting form Whakamaa -- Resistance -- 8. WHEN WHAKAMMA GOES UNTREATED -- When Whakamaa becomes chronic -- 9. PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE -- 10. DO YOUNG PEOPLE GET WHAKAMAA TODAY? -- 11. Whakamaa in Maori-Pakeha relations -- 12. Treating the Whakamaa of a people -- 13. NOT THE LAST WORK ON WHAKAMAA.

ISBN

0864730306

LCCN

^^^88115330^

OCLC

• 16637887
• SCSB-10641969

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library