Full Description
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, Ngäi 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.
Contents
List of Maps and Tables
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Intimate Histories
Chapter 2. Pátahi's Story
Chapter 3. Interracial Families and Communities
Chapter 4. Boundary Crossings
Chapter 5. Fears and Anxieties
Chapter 6. Racial Categories and Lived Identities
Chapter 7. Migration Stories
Chapter 8. In/visible Sight
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
