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In/visible Sight: The Mixed-Descent Families of Southern New Zealand
Angela Wanhalla
January 2010
Paperback
978-1-897425-86-2 (SC)
$29.95
For orders outside North America, visit Bridget Williams Books website.
January 2010
E-Book
978-1-897425-87-9 (e-book)
Cultural Studies: New Zealand / History: New Zealand
About the Book
Angela Wanhalla begins her story in Maitapapa, Taieri, New Zealand, the mixed-descent community where her great-grandparents, John Brown and Mabel Smith, were born. As In/visible Sight takes shape, a community emerges from the records, re-casting history and identity in the present. Drawing on the experiences of mixed-Maori/White families, Wanhalla examines the early history of southern New Zealand. There, Ngāi Tahu engaged with the European newcomers on a sustained scale from the 1820s, encountering systematic settlement from the 1840s, and fighting land alienation from the 1850s. The evolving social world was one framed by marriage, kinship networks, and cultural practices―a world in which interracial intimacy played a formative role.
About the Author
Of Ngāi Tahu descent (Taumutu and Otakou), Angela Wanhalla grew up in the small Canterbury town of Rolleston. She is an award-winning scholar and lectures in history at the University of Otago. Publishing in international periodicals and engaged in research, Wanhalla draws on a strong theoretical framework for her writing on Maori society.
