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dc.contributor.authorBerman, Alan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:20:26Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:20:26Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2007-09-02T23:40:10Z
dc.identifier.issn17445523
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/14048
dc.description.abstractKanaks are the indigenous Melanesian population in New Caledonia. This article explores the experiences unique to Kanak women after colonisation, including the impact of French colonial laws and policies on gender relations in the indigenous community. Kanak women have assumed largely concealed roles in the colonial period. Little literature deals specifically with the impact of French colonisation on Kanak women, possibly reflecting the dominant colonial tendency to discount the historical, cultural, socio-economic and political significance of Kanak women in the colonial era. The French colonisers fortified their control by sharpening and maintaining hierarchical differences based on race, class, gender, sexuality and space between the indigenous peoples and the colonisers. The emphasis on discrete boundaries was reinforced by repressive colonial laws, such as the indigenat, an emblem of colonial control exemplifying collusion between an indigenous patriarchy and the colonial administrators.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdon
dc.publisher.urihttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=IJC
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom11
dc.relation.ispartofpageto36
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Law in Context
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStudies in Human Society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw and Legal Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode11
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode16
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode18
dc.titleKanak women and the colonial process
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
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gro.date.issued2006
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gro.griffith.authorBerman, Alan B.


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