An Oceanic revolution? <i>Stella</i> and the construction of new femininities in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific

Spark, Ceridwen

doi:10.1111/taja.12066

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“…Wardlow 2006b:128). However, such ideals stand in considerable contrast to marriage practices prevalent across PNG, where violence against women is severe and unexceptional (Jolly ; Zimmer‐Tamakoshi ), where educated men may profess ideologies of romance in courtship but expect submission in marriage (Rosi and Zimmer‐Tamakoshi ), and where educated women increasingly reject the enforced inequalities of marriage, preferring individual freedoms and professional fulfilment (Macintyre ; Spark , ).…”

Section: ‘Because She's My Wife and I Love Her’: A Revitalized Christmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Wearing ‘three‐quarter pants’ was inappropriate for meeting the King, and protocol officers provided her with a long skirt ‘that looked like a curtain’ (Kenneth ). Women wearing trousers or shorts is surprisingly controversial in contemporary PNG and is widely regarded as precociously modern if not rather indecent (Macintyre :100; Spark ; cf . Zimmer‐Tamakoshi on miniskirts).…”

Section: Women As the Deserving Poormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Christian Marriage, Money Scams, and Melanesian Social Imaginaries

Cox

Macintyre

2014

Oceania

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In this paper, we draw on fieldwork with middle‐class investors in ‘fast money schemes’ (Ponzi scams) to consider how Neo‐Pentecostal Christianity may be mediating social and economic change in Papua New Guinea, particularly in relation to gender equality. Ideas of companionate marriage and the cultivation of an affective self imply masculinities that are more sensitive and less domineering. As these images of fulfilled modernity flow out from Pentecostal churches into broader Papua New Guinean society, they corroborate Taylor's theory of how change occurs within the modern social imaginary.

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Section: ‘Because She's My Wife and I Love Her’: A Revitalized Christmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Women As the Deserving Poormentioning

confidence: 99%

Christian Marriage, Money Scams, and Melanesian Social Imaginaries

Cox

Macintyre

2014

Oceania

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“…Being neither a village nor a town makes Baimuru a distinct place to undertake ethnographic social and gender research. Gender studies in PNG often focus on the extremity of the rural village experience (Reay 2014) in contrast to an urban experience (Spark 2014) with limited work undertaken in the Western portion of the Gulf Province. That which has come to print is mainly through a male and western perspective (Bell 2015; Knauft 1993; Williams 1924).…”

Section: Life In Baimuru Station Gulf Provincementioning

confidence: 99%

Bridewealth a Pardon: New Relationships and Restoration of Good Daughters

Neuendorf

2020

Oceania

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Bridewealth is recognized as vital in the reproduction and reconfiguration of Pacific environments and women play an integral role in this process. In contemporary Papua New Guinea (PNG), bridewealth is reconfigured by kin to acknowledge the considered actions of women as they enter into relationships with men. This paper will explore how women's choices impact and influence their experience of these exchanges and determine the role of women and their kin as they undertake these practices. Here I aim to understand how the social relatedness that frames bridewealth exchanges enables the practices of bridewealth to be used as a tool for recognition of women's choices, autonomy and personhood. Although women enter into relationships without initial kin approval, bridewealth practices converge ultimately with a women's autonomous choice of husband. Wardlow suggests (2006:86) 'bridewealth confers value and dignity on female gender', and going beyond her observation, I show that bridewealth has been useful in achieving this in regard to managing and supporting social, kin and affinal relationships. This article will explore two cases, to identify what each tells us about women's ability to act in ways that are beneficial to them and important to kin. I show how moral evaluations frame (pasin) and recognize (luksave) kin and social relationships that ultimately constitute their personhood.

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“…Income and wealth are inequitably distributed, with 80% to 85% of the population who live a "traditional village-based life" deriving their income from subsistence gardens and small-scale cash cropping (DFAT, n.d.-c). At the other end of the economic spectrum, PNG society also encompasses highly educated, transnationally mobile urban elites, including a growing number of elite women (Spark, 2014).…”

Section: The Diversity Of Png Societiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local Context Matters

Hameed¹,

Breckenridge

Bennett

et al. 2016

SAGE Open

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There are strong moral and economic imperatives for employers to address the effects of gender-based violence (GBV) on their employees and business operations. Over the last two decades, an increasing number of organizations, predominantly in Western countries, have promoted workplace strategies that address the ways in which gendered violence or distinct subsets of GBV-including domestic violence (DV), sexual violence (SV), intimate partner violence (IPV), violence against women (VAW), and family and sexual violence (FSV)-can influence the performance and productivity of employees in their workplace. Different approaches to employee disclosures of gendered violence may include various combinations of a range of organizational responses, including, but not limited to, developing specific changes to employment, occupational health and safety, and antidiscrimination legislation; workplace entitlements secured through collective bargaining; the unilateral adoption and application of policies and procedures by employers; and workplace-based awareness raising programs (Hameed, 2014a). Specific workplace strategies may be developed and tailored to support individual employees who are victims of gendered violence within the workplace such as safety planning; referral to medical, psychosocial, legal, and protective services; (paid) time off work to access those services; financial support; and provisions to ensure nondiscrimination and employees' privacy. Potentially, workplace strategies may also be implemented to manage employees who are perpetrators of violence. However, to date, little work has been undertaken in this area. Together, these various workplace strategies, their distinct approaches, and various components benchmark current and evolving workplace 657142S GOXXX10.

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An Oceanic revolution? Stella and the construction of new femininities in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific

Cited by 23 publications

References 21 publications

Christian Marriage, Money Scams, and Melanesian Social Imaginaries

Christian Marriage, Money Scams, and Melanesian Social Imaginaries

Bridewealth a Pardon: New Relationships and Restoration of Good Daughters

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