6. Waiting Brides

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. A Short Manifesto for Decolonising Multilingualism 5
6. Part 1: Decolonising the Multilingual Body
7. 1. Deep Pain Is Language- Destroying 19
8. 2. More Than One Voice 26
9. Part 2: Decolonising the Multilingual Heart
10. 3. Hospitality – Well Come 33
11. 4. Attending to the Gist 39
12. 5. Waiting 46
13. 6. Waiting Brides 49
14. 7. Waiting Bodies 56
15. 8. Screens 60
16. 9. Parting Gifts 66
17. 10. Muted and Hyphenated 68
18. Coda: Gifts Are in the Painted Feet 70
19. Part 3: Decolonising the Multilingual Mind
20. 11. Chitsva chiri mutsoka – ‘Gifts Are in the Feet’ 73
21. 12. Mihi 80
22. 13. Te Reo – The Māori Language 82
23. 14. Conclusions 89
24. References 95
25. Index 98