In/visible Sight: The Mixed-Descent Families of Southern New Zealand
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Angela Wanhalla (Author)
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Angela Wanhalla begins her story in Maitapapa, Taieri, New Zealand,the mixed-descent community where her great-grandparents, John Brownand Mabel Smith, were born. As her book took shape, a community emergedfrom the records, re-casting history and identity in the present.Drawing on the experiences of mixed-Maori/White families, Wanhallaexamines the early history of southern New Zealand. There, Ngaei Tahuengaged with the European newcomers on a sustained scale from the1820s, encountering systematic settlement from the 1840s, and fightingland alienation from the 1850s. The evolving social world was oneframed by marriage, kinship networks, and cultural practices - aworld in which inter-racial intimacy played a formative role. b&w photos, maps and tables
About the Author
Angela Wanhalla is an award-winning scholar andlectures in history at the University of Otago. Publishing ininternational periodicals and engaged in research, Wanhalla draws on astrong theoretical framework for her writing on Maori society.
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- Contributor: Angela Wanhalla
- Imprint: AU Press
- ISBN13: 9781897425862
- Number of Pages: 220
- Packaged Dimensions: 168x241mm
- Packaged Weight: 410
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: AU Press
- Release Date: 2001-02-01
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Angela Wanhalla is an award-winning scholar andlectures in history at the University of Otago. Publishing ininternational periodicals and engaged in research, Wanhalla draws on astrong theoretical framework for her writing on Maori society.
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