Women Matai (Chiefs): Navigating and Negotiating the Paradox of Boundaries and Responsibilities

dc.contributor.author Lilomaiava-Doktor, Sa`iliemanu
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-29T08:34:20Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-29T08:34:20Z
dc.date.issued 2020-06
dc.description.abstract This paper examines Samoan conception of gender roles and transformations examining women’s status and situation in light of ideological changes regarding gender relations and expectations in contemporary Samoa. I situate my paper in Samoan ways of knowing regarding gender roles and norms and draw on feminist (Trask 1984) works to provide guiding light for the cross cultural use of feminist theory to Samoan concepts of feagaiga, faʻa-matai (chieftainship system), and gender equality. I study women’s roles especially as they take on matai titles and examine what gains have been made and the dynamics involved for matai in the masculine (read: public sphere) of political authority not only in villages but also in government and parliamentary institutions. Concomitantly, as the cultural fabric of Samoan life has been influenced by transnational migration, I examine these transnational dynamics and evaluate how they affect women both at home and in the Samoan diaspora. I have decided not to italicized Samoan words, as Samoan is our official language together with English.
dc.format.extent 22 pages
dc.identifier.citation Lilomaiava-Doktor, S. (2020). Women Matai (Chiefs): Navigating and Negotiating the Paradox of Boundaries and Responsibilities. <em>Pacific Studies</em>, 43(1), 61-82.
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10790/5516
dc.language.iso en-US
dc.publisher Brigham Young University–Hawaiʻi
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subject.lcsh Women, Samoan -- Social life and customs.
dc.subject.lcsh Sex role
dc.subject.lcsh Knowledge, Theory of -- Samoa.
dc.title Women Matai (Chiefs): Navigating and Negotiating the Paradox of Boundaries and Responsibilities
dc.type Article
dc.type.dcmi Text
prism.endingpage 82
prism.number 1
prism.publicationname Pacific Studies
prism.startingpage 61
prism.volume 43
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