Being Māori in the city : indigenous everyday life in Auckland

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The work Being Māori in the city : indigenous everyday life in Auckland represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Being Māori in the city : indigenous everyday life in Auckland

Title remainder

indigenous everyday life in Auckland

Statement of responsibility

Natacha Gagné

Creator

• Gagné, Natacha

Subject

• Indigenous peoples -- Urban residence -- New Zealand | Auckland
• Maori (New Zealand people) -- New Zealand | Auckland

Language

• eng
• mao
• eng

Summary

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--

Member of

• Anthropological horizons

Assigning source

Provided by Publisher

Cataloging source

NLC

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Language note

Includes some text in Maori language

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Anthropological horizons