Entanglements of Empire Missionaries, Maori, and the Question of the Body /

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The first Protestant mission was established in New Zealand in 1814, initiating complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Maori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Christianity among influential Maori chiefs had far-reaching consequences for both groups. Deftly recon...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ballantyne, Tony, 1972-
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
To 1899
Māori (New Zealand people) > Missions > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
British colonies
Māori (New Zealand people) > Missions
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
New Zealand > History > To 1840.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Nouvelle-Zélande > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1840.
New Zealand
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The first Protestant mission was established in New Zealand in 1814, initiating complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Maori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Christianity among influential Maori chiefs had far-reaching consequences for both groups. Deftly reconstructing cross-cultural translations and struggles over such concepts and practices as civilization, work, time and space, and gender, he identifies the physical body as the most contentious site of cultural engagement, with Maori and missionaries struggling over hygiene, tattooing, clothing, and s.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 360 pages :) illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-342) and index.
ISBN:9780822375883
0822375885

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