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Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking

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Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking

Öz

Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking (2000) is a prominent play which depicts the political history of New Zealand during the 19th and 20th centuries. To reflect the political turbulence triggered by colonialist attempts on the island, Ihimaera fictionalises a magical realist atmosphere on the stage where Tiri, a 160-year-old Māori woman, and Tilly, a young woman in her mid-thirties, set out a journey to the colonial past through her memories. Tiri’s birth on the day of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840), which was signed by the British Crown and the Māori people regarding native sovereignty, enables the audience to follow the supervening political chaos till the turn of the 21st century. Her memories not only indicate the alienation and exploitation of the Māori people during these chaotic periods but also reveal the influence of colonial memories on the Māori people. In this regard, this study aims to examine the colonial past of New Zealand through an old woman’s memories in Woman Far Walking and to analyse the impact of colonial memories on the Māori people who are part of the political chaos in today’s New Zealand.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Witi Ihimaera, Memory, Magical Realist Drama, Postcolonial Chaos.

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Esen, Ö. (2026). Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 24(3), 1130-1141. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1878457
AMA
1.Esen Ö. Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2026;24(3):1130-1141. doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1878457
Chicago
Esen, Özgür. 2026. “Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 24 (3): 1130-41. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1878457.
EndNote
Esen Ö (01 Eylül 2026) Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 24 3 1130–1141.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Esen, “Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking”, Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 24, sy 3, ss. 1130–1141, Eyl. 2026, doi: 10.18026/cbayarsos.1878457.
ISNAD
Esen, Özgür. “Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 24/3 (01 Eylül 2026): 1130-1141. https://doi.org/10.18026/cbayarsos.1878457.
JAMA
1.Esen Ö. Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2026;24:1130–1141.
MLA
Esen, Özgür. “Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking”. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 24, sy 3, Eylül 2026, ss. 1130-41, doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1878457.
Vancouver
1.Özgür Esen. Revisiting Colonial Memory and Deciphering Political Chaos in Witi Ihimaera’s Woman Far Walking. Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 01 Eylül 2026;24(3):1130-41. doi:10.18026/cbayarsos.1878457