Matters of the heart : a history of interracial marriage in New Zealand / Angela Wanhalla.
Matters of the Heart introduces us to couples like Philip and Kathleen to unravel the long history of interracial relationships in New Zealand. That history runs from whalers and traders marrying into Maori families in the early nineteenth century through to the growth of interracial marriages in th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Auckland, New Zealand :
Auckland University Press,
2013.
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| Summary: | Matters of the Heart introduces us to couples like Philip and Kathleen to unravel the long history of interracial relationships in New Zealand. That history runs from whalers and traders marrying into Maori families in the early nineteenth century through to the growth of interracial marriages in the later twentieth. It stretches from common law marriages and Maori customary marriages to formal arrangements recognised by church and state. And that history runs the gamut of official reactions -- from condemnation of interracial immorality or racial treason to celebration of New Zealand's unique intermarriage patterns as a sign of us being 'one people' with the 'best race relations in the world'. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 231 pages, [60] pages of plates : illustrations (some coloured), portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781869407315 : |