Once were Warriors, now are Rugby Players? Control and Agency in the Historical Trajectory of the Māori Formulations of Masculinity in Rugby

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View related articlesView Crossmark data Citing articles: 2 View citing articles † I dedicate this article to the late Whetu Tipiwai: E te rangatira e Whetu E tangi tonu ana te ngākau E rere tonu ana ngā roimata e te pāpa, i tōu rironga moe mai rā I haramai au ki te kimi mātauranga whutuporo Me ngā hononga o te whutuporo ki te iwi Māori Nāhau au i tautoko i ārahi kia tūtuki ai āku mahi Ko te wairua o ōu mahi rangatira Ka ora tonu i roto i aku tuhituhinga Anei āku kupu mihi, āku tangi Aroha naku nā Domenica Gisella Calabrò received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Messina, Italy. Her thesis investigated the indigenisation of rugby and its role in the process of Māori identity definition. A postdoctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam and member of the ERC (European Research Council) funded project 'Globalsport', directed by Professor Niko Besnier, her research focuses on the construction of Māori masculinities in rugby and the transnational mobility of Māori players.

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