ISBN: 9781776923359 - this compulsion in us (2 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Tina Makereti stands at the foot of her mounga and pays careful attention to tohu. With her tupuna at her elbow she casts around for home, meets taonga in museums, and writes her way towards her father. She walks through the darkness with others, in awe of Te Kore, Te Po and Te Ao Maramaa universe of potential being, dark and light. In these frank and moving essays, Makereti explores her many intersecting lives as a wahineMaori teacher, daughter, traveller, parent and a past that is as alive and changeful as the present moment. From the wahine who have shown her ways of being, to the experience of living with an alcoholic, undergoing breast cancer treatment and recognising how art returns power to survivors of colonialism, she asksWhat if we could transform the events that made us who we are? What if there were a way back to the beginning? In these frank and moving essays, Makereti explores her many intersecting lives as a wahineMaori teacher, daughter, traveller, parent and a past that is as alive and changeful as the present moment. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Tina Makereti stands at the foot of her mounga and pays careful attention to tohu. With her tupuna at her elbow she casts around for home, meets taonga in museums, and writes her way towards her father. She walks through the darkness with others, in awe of Te Kore, Te Po and Te Ao Maramaa universe of potential being, dark and light. In these frank and moving essays, Makereti explores her many intersecting lives as a wahineMaori teacher, daughter, traveller, parent and a past that is as alive and changeful as the present moment. From the wahine who have shown her ways of being, to the experience of living with an alcoholic, undergoing breast cancer treatment and recognising how art returns power to survivors of colonialism, she asksWhat if we could transform the events that made us who we are? What if there were a way back to the beginning? In these frank and moving essays, Makereti explores her many intersecting lives as a wahineMaori teacher, daughter, traveller, parent and a past that is as alive and changeful as the present moment. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…