Australian Feminist Law Journal · 2010 · 41 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesCultural StudiesGender StudiesFeminist TheoryPacific StudiesWomen's StudiesContemporary Pacific PoliticsGender In Pacific CommunitiesPacific AnthropologyPacific Gender StudiesPacific Island HistoriesPostcolonial FeminismMaternal DesireMaternal ImageryMaternal RepresentationMotherhood NarrativesMotherhood RepresentationMotherhood StudiesOceanic FeminismPacific Community
The varied extents to which maternal images are invoked by women activists in the Pacific Islands and the way in which theses varied articulations of motherhood are shaped by broader, contextual political considerations are discussed. Motherhood plays a very vital role in Pacific cultures and has been found to be very meaningful.