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Entanglements of empire : missionaries, Māori, and the question of the body / Tony Ballantyne.

By: Publication details: Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2015.Description: xii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781869408268
  • 1869408268
Subject(s): Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available via the World Wide Web.
Contents:
Exploration, empire and evangelization -- Making place, reordering space -- Economics, labor, and time -- Containing transgression -- Cultures of death -- The politics of the "enfeebled" body.
Summary: "The first Protestant mission to New Zealand, established in 1814, saw the beginning of complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Māori. Entanglements of Empire is a deft reconstruction of the cross-cultural translations of this early period. Misunderstanding was rife: the physical body itself became the most contentious site of cultural engagement, as Māori and missionaries struggled over issues of hygiene, tattooing, clothing, and sexual morality. Author explores the varying understandings of such concepts as civilization, work, time and space, and gender - and the practical consequences of the struggles over these ideas. The encounters in the classroom, chapel, kitchen, and farmyard worked mutually to affect both the Māori and the English worldviews. Ultimately, the interest in missionary Christianity among influential Māori chiefs had far-reaching consequences for both groups. Concluding in 1840 with the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and the new age it ushered in, Ballantyne's book offers important insights into this crucial period of New Zealand history"--Publisher's information.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Main Collection Bishopdale Theological College DU420.12 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A41865210
Main Collection Diocese of Waiapu 993.02 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A42342976
Panapa Māori Resources John Kinder Theological Library DU420.12 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J01033924

"First published by Duke University Press in 2014"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-342) and index.

Exploration, empire and evangelization -- Making place, reordering space -- Economics, labor, and time -- Containing transgression -- Cultures of death -- The politics of the "enfeebled" body.

"The first Protestant mission to New Zealand, established in 1814, saw the beginning of complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Māori. Entanglements of Empire is a deft reconstruction of the cross-cultural translations of this early period. Misunderstanding was rife: the physical body itself became the most contentious site of cultural engagement, as Māori and missionaries struggled over issues of hygiene, tattooing, clothing, and sexual morality. Author explores the varying understandings of such concepts as civilization, work, time and space, and gender - and the practical consequences of the struggles over these ideas. The encounters in the classroom, chapel, kitchen, and farmyard worked mutually to affect both the Māori and the English worldviews. Ultimately, the interest in missionary Christianity among influential Māori chiefs had far-reaching consequences for both groups. Concluding in 1840 with the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and the new age it ushered in, Ballantyne's book offers important insights into this crucial period of New Zealand history"--Publisher's information.

Also available via the World Wide Web.

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