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 Māori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Christianity among influential Māori 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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822358263
ISBN13:9780822358268
Release Date:December 2014
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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