False divides
By: Lana Lopesi
Series: BWB Texts; BWB texts
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781988533858; 9781988533889; 9781988533872; 9781988533865
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Pacific Islanders; Race identity; Social networks; Migrations; Colonial influence; Foreign relations; Cultural relations; Globalization; Tāngata o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa; Hekenga; Tuakiri
Description: "Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa is the great ocean continent. While it is common to understand the ocean as something that divides land, for those indigenous to the Pacific or the Moana, it was traditionally a connector and an ancestor. Imperialism in the Moana, however, created false divides between islands and separated their peoples. In this BWB Text, Lana Lopesi argues that globalising technologies and the adaptability of Moana peoples are now turning the ocean back into the unifying continent that it once was"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, The great continent; title: False divides: parting the moana; title: Becoming global: moana peoples as commuting cultures; title: Double-edged sword: moana peoples online; title: High-speed nets and webs: a contemporary Oceania.