1st Edition

Mana Tangatarua Mixed heritages, ethnic identity and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Edited By Zarine L. Rocha, Melinda Webber Copyright 2018
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume explores mixed race/mixed ethnic identities in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Mixed race and mixed ethnic identity are growing in popularity as research topics around the world. This edited collection looks at mixed race and mixed ethnic identity in New Zealand: a unique context, as multiple ethnic identities have been officially recognised for more than 30 years. The book draws upon... Read more






        Foreword Paul Spoonley





        Introduction: Situating mixed race in New Zealand and the world. Zarine L. Rocha and Melinda Webber





        Section one: Mixedness and classifications across generations





        Chapter One: A history of mixed race in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Zarine L. Rocha and Angela Wanhalla





        Chapter Two: Reflections of identity: ethnicity, ethnic recording and ethnic mobility. Robert Didham





        Chapter Three: Is ethnicity all in the family? How parents in Aotearoa New Zealand identify their children. Polly Atatoa Carr, Tahu Kukutai, Dinusha Bandara and Patrick Broman





        Chapter Four: Lives at the intersections: multiple ethnicities and child protection. Emily Keddell





        Section two: Mixed identifications, indigeneity and biculturalism





        Chapter Five: Raranga Wha: Mana whenua, mana moana and mixedness in one Māori/Fijian/Samoan/Pākehā whānau. Rae Si‘ilata





        Chapter Six: Beyond Appearances: Mixed ethnic and cultural identities among biliterate Japanese-European New Zealander young adults. Kaya Oriyama





        Chapter Seven: Love and Politics: Rethinking Biculturalism and Multiculturalism in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Lincoln I. Dam





        Chapter Eight: Māori and Pākehā encounters of difference – the realisation that we’re not the same. Karyn Paringatai





        Section three: Mixing the majority/Pākehā identity





        Chapter Nine: Multidimensional intersections: the merging and emerging of complex European settler identities. Robert Didham, Paul Callister and Geoff Chambers





        Chapter Ten: Hauntology and Pākehā: disrupting the notion of homogeneity. Esther Fitzpatrick

Biography

Dr Zarine L. Rocha, is the Managing Editor of Current Sociology and the Asian Journal of Social Science.



Dr Melinda Webber is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland.