Author:
Anne Bishop
Published:
2002
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin Australia
ISBN
1865088862
RRP (NZ):
39.95
Our Price (NZ):
36.95
Description
A feisty guide for activists and community, welfare and social workers. Already I have found myself quoting Anne Bishop's wisdom: her simple advice is compelling. Right now in Australia she has the power to lead us as we struggle with questions of guilt, responsibility and patterns of oppression which are 'larger than ourselves'. Rev. Tim Costello, President, Baptist Union of AustraliaBecoming an Ally is must reading for anyone concerned with understanding and challenging the dynamics, forms, and sources of oppression-whether it is their own oppression, that of others, or both.Bob Mullaly is Head of Social Work at Victoria University, Melbourne Where does oppression come from? Has it always been with us, just 'human nature'? What can we do to change it? What does individual healing have to do with the struggles for social justice? What does social justice have to do with individual healing? Why do members of the same oppressed group fight each other, sometimes more viciously than their oppressor? Why do some who experience oppression develop a life-long commitment to fighting oppression, while others turn around and oppress others? Anne Bishop draws on her many years experience in community work to write this feisty and bestselling guide for activists, community workers and welfare workers.
Mihipeka: call of an elder, Karanga a te Kuia
Author:
Mihi Edwards, Steel Roberts
Published:
2002
ISBN
1-877228-22-2
RRP (NZ):
29.95
Our Price (NZ):
27.95
Description
These writings range over Aunty Mihi's childhood and later memories, through social and environmental comment, to her experiences over the last decades when she has gained widespread respect and become a guiding presence in Aotearoa. Now 84, her understandings of spiritual and cultural matters, especially the rituals of the karanga, are recognised in her own iwi groups, at marae near her Wellington home, and beyond. Aunty Mihi hasconnections with all tribes in Aotearoa.
Already well-known for her books Mihipeka: Early Years and Mihipeka: Time of Turmoil-Ngä Wä Raruraru in which she revealed much of the pain of being Maori in a Pakeha-dominated society, Aunty Mihi now explains her growing need to embrace and pass on her heritage. She shares the thoughts and feelings of a Mäori kuia and gives insights into the deep significance of the karanga she delivers. Her book is a passionate call to value Papatüänuku the earth, our cultures —and each other.
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Out of Control
Author:
Colin Iles
Published:
1996
Publisher:
Pacific Education Resources Trust
ISBN
0-473-03564-2
RRP (NZ):
19.99
Our Price (NZ):
19.95
Description
A complilation of stories of men who are leaving violence and partner abuse behind. The stories are moving anc compelling accounts of change. They background the men's abusive behaviours and describe the challenge to acknowledge abuse and take steps to change. The men are among the many success stories from stopping violence programmes. The men's partners also recount, with courage and love, their own painful stories of the move from victim to survivor.
