Grace approaches this fusion of genres from specificallyįemale perspectives. Such as television and radio) so central to Maori community life, thereĪre multiple points of view, with family history and mythical Traditions in which, like the marae environment (now reproduced in media Patricia Grace's fictional texts develop syncretically in Mid-twentieth century Aotearoa New Zealand. Ongoing traditions and to thrive in the changing conditions of Traditions and of change in a rapidly modernising world, the novelĭescribes a period when Maori women had, in some ways, an increasingįreedom of choice which brought with it responsibility both to uphold

(1) It tells the story of threeĬousins-Mata, also called May, Makareta and Missy, and their families,Īnd is set mostly after World War Two, at a time when Maori movement to Innovations to Anglophone literary traditions developed by writers likeĬousins was published in 1992. Ways of understanding the world, Indigenous rights, mana wahine, and the Reading will approach the text through a consideration of Maori centered Recognition of Maori women's rights and responsibilities. Matauranga Maori (Maori knowledge) that works towards further

This paper will carry out a reading of Patricia Grace's novelĬousins in terms of mana wahine, a movement supported by a framework of APA style: Freedom and responsibility: narrating Maori women's lives in Patricia Grace's Cousins.Freedom and responsibility: narrating Maori women's lives in Patricia Grace's Cousins.' Retrieved from MLA style: 'Freedom and responsibility: narrating Maori women's lives in Patricia Grace's Cousins.' The Free Library.

Cousins by Patricia Grace