Being Maori-Chinese : mixed identities / / Manying Ip

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480927303321
• Autore: Ip Manying
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-77558-512-3; 1-86940-610-9; 1-77558-025-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.89
• Soggetti: Maori (New Zealand people) - Ethnic identity; Chinese - New Zealand - Ethnic identity; Electronic books.; New Zealand Ethnic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE: CHOOSING THE FAMILY STORIES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE : Joe-Williams Family; CHAPTER TWO : Thompson (Tamihana)-Wong Family; CHAPTER THREE : Keung-Nin Family; CHAPTER FOUR : Riddell-Lee Family; CHAPTER FIVE : Goddard-Karatea Family; CHAPTER SIX : Hauraki-Yong Family; CHAPTER SEVEN : Tuang-Ngarenoa Family; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A, B, C; INDEX; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: Being Maori-Chinese uses extensive interviews with seven different families to explore historical and contemporary relations between Maori and Chinese, a subject which has never been given serious study before. A full chapter is given to each family which is explored in depth often in the voices of the protagonists themselves. This detailed and personal approach shows how in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Maori and Chinese, both relegated to the fringes of society, often had warm and congenial bonds, with intermarriage and large Maori-Chinese families. However in recent tim