Claiming Ka Mate
Māori Cultural Property and the Nation’s Stake
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23718038 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lauren E Sweetman (New York University), Kirsten Zemke (0000-0001-6171-0557, University of Auckland) |
| Editors | Frank Gunderson, Robert C Lancefield (0000-0001-8758-2469), Bret Woods |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 700-722 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190659806.013.38 |
| OpenAlex | W2897002802 |
| ISBN | 9780190659806 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This chapter unpacks the sociocultural and legal issues surrounding the Māori haka (chant/dance) “Ka Mate” authored by Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha in the 1820s. In Aotearoa New Zealand, this beloved haka has become a symbolic display of biculturalism and is integral to the national imaginary. Historical associations and usages in wartime and sport, particularly rugby, have exacerbated associations with aggression and masculinity with essential meanings becoming diluted and erased with each further layer of appropriation. Important dialogues emerge from Ka Mate’s complex location at the intersection of Indigenous cultural property, the public imagination, the nation-state, and global appropriation.
Aotearoa · Appropriation · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology) · Dance · Indigenous · Linguistics · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Imaginary · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |