In/visible Sight: The Mixed-Descent Families of Southern New Zealand

Angela Wanhalla

Dez. 2015 · Bridget Williams Books

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In/visible Sight is a fascinating exploration of a little-known part of our history: the lives of part-Māori, part-Pākehā New Zealanders in the nineteenth century.

Focussing on interracial intimacy between Ngāi Tahu and Pākehā settlers, it explores how intermarriage played a key role in shaping colonial encounters. As Ngāi Tahu sought to fight the alienation of their land and protect their natural resources, marriage practices and kinship networks became an increasingly important way to control interaction with Pākehā.

The book also explores the contradictions and ambiguities of mixed-descent lives, offering new insights into New Zealand’s colonial past.

Autoren-Profil

Recipient of the prestigious Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Medal in 2008, Angela Wanhalla (Ngāi Tahu) lectures in history at the University of Otago. She is currently engaged in a research project tracing the fate of children fathered by American servicemen in the South Pacific Command during World War II funded by a Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant. Publishing in international as well as New Zealand periodicals, Angela Wanhalla draws on a strong theoretical framework for her writing on Māori society.