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Title

Being Māori in the city : indigenous everyday life in Auckland / Natacha Gagné.

Author

Gagné, Natacha

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2013.

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Description

xvi, 345 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Indigenous peoples around the world have been involved in struggles for decolonization, self-determination, and recognition of their rights, and the Māori of Aotearoa-New Zealand are no exception. Now that nearly 85% of the Māori population have their main place of residence in urban centres, cities have become important sites of affirmation and struggle. Grounded in an ethnography of everyday life in the city of Auckland, Being Maori in the City is an investigation of what being Māori means today.
• One of the first ethnographic studies of Māori urbanization since the 1970s, this book is based on almost two years of fieldwork, living with Māori families, and more than 250 hours of interviews. In contrast with studies that have focused on indigenous elites and official groups and organizations, Being Māori in the City shines a light on the lives of ordinary individuals and families. Using this approach, Natacha Gagné adroitly underlines how indigenous ways of being are maintained and even strengthened through change and openness to the larger society.

Series Statement

Anthropological horizons ; 41

Uniform Title

Anthropological horizons 41.

Subject

• Māori (New Zealand people) > Auckland
• Indigenous peoples > Urban residence > Auckland
• Maoris > Auckland
• Autochtones > Habitat urbain > Auckland
• Whānau
• Tikanga
• Noho-ā-iwi
• Āhuatanga pāpori

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Includes some text in Maori language.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

CHAPTER I: An overview of Māori and New Zealand history -- CHAPTER II: Māori lives in Auckland -- CHAPTER III: The Marae: a symbol of continuity -- CHAPTER IV: Ways of life in a Māori house -- CHAPTER V: The whānau, past and present -- CHAPTER VI: A practical universe of meanings -- CHAPTER VII: At the heart of a politics of differentiation -- CONCLUSION: Interconnected places and autonomous spaces.

ISBN

• 9781442645929 (bound)
• 144264592X (bound)
• 9781442614130 (pbk.)
• 1442614137 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 812064483
• SCSB-10934954

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library