ABSTRACT

Television drama has implications beyond providing entertainment and beyond immediate audience reactions and responses. Māori focus group participants in my research on local television dramas were acutely aware of how they were represented on screen. As an audience they were deeply affected and worked hard to pre-empt and address what they saw or expected to see. Against a backdrop of colonisation and negative stereotypes that pervade Māori representations, they undertook multiple forms of meaning making and negotiated complex responses. Colonial trauma emerged as a deeply felt response to representations that reminded participants of the effects of colonisation; for example, the denigration of te reo Māori (Māori language) and issues of identity. When viewing troubling depictions, participants deployed strategies of resistance, including a response I termed ‘Imagining Resistance’ where, they created backstories and interpretations for characters’ motivations and behaviours.

摘要

电视剧的意义超越了提供娱乐和观众的即时反应和回应。在我对当地电视剧的研究中，毛利人焦点小组参与者敏锐地意识到他们在屏幕上的表现方式。作为观众，他们深受影响，并努力先发制人并解决他们所看到或期望看到的事情。在毛利人代表中普遍存在的殖民化和负面刻板印象的背景下，他们采取了多种形式的意义创造并协商了复杂的回应。殖民创伤作为对提醒参与者殖民影响的陈述的深刻反应而出现；例如，te reo Māori（毛利语）的诋毁和身份问题。在观看令人不安的描述时，参与者采取了抵抗策略，