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Full Name

Brendan Hokowhitu

University Affiliation

University of Otago

Biography

Brendan Hokowhitu is Lecturer at Te Tumu School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies at Otago University. His research interests include deconstructing historical and contemporary representation of Mäori in dominant discourses, especially in relation to masculinity.

Selected Publications

(in press) 'Rugby and Tino Rangatiratanga: Early Mäori Rugby and the Formation of 'Traditional' Mäori Masculinity'. Australian Society for Sports History Journal - Sporting Traditions. (Special Edition: New Zealand Sports History)

(2004) 'Challenges to State physical education: Tikanga Mäori, physial education curricula, historical deconstruction, inclusivism and decolonisation.' Waikato Journal of Education, 10, 71-84

(2004) 'Tackling Mäori masculinity: A colonial genealogy of savagery and sport'. The Contemporary Pacific, 16(2), 259-284

(2003) 'Mäori Physicality: Stereotypes, sport and the "physical education" of New Zealand Mäori'. Culture, Sport, Society, 6(2)

(2003) 'Mäori masculinity, post-structuralism, and the emerging Self'. New Zealand Sociology, 18(2)

(2003) 'Race tactics: The racialised athletic body'. Junctures, 1, 21-34

Personal Site

http://www.otago.ac.nz/tetumu/staff/hokowhitu.html

History

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