Being Māori in the city
Subtitle: indigenous everyday life in Auckland
By: Natacha Gagné
Series: Anthropological horizons -- 41; Anthropological horizons -- 41.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng; mao
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781442645929; 9781442614130
Subjects: Tikanga; Urban residence; Autochtones; Maori (New Zealand people); Maoris; Whānau; Alltag; Habitat urbain; Stadt; Akkulturation; Soziale Situation; Indigenous peoples; Āhuatanga pāpori; Maori; Noho-ā-iwi
Description: "Indigenous peoples around the world have been involved in struggles for decolonization, self-determination, and recognition of their rights, and the Māori of Aotearoa-New Zealand are no exception. Now that nearly 85% of the Māori population have their main place of residence in urban centres, cities have become important sites of affirmation and struggle. Grounded in an ethnography of everyday life in the city of Auckland, Being Maori in the City is an investigation of what being Māori means today.

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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes some text in Maori language.
Table of contents: title: CHAPTER I: An overview of Māori and New Zealand history; title: CHAPTER II: Māori lives in Auckland; title: CHAPTER III: The Marae: a symbol of continuity; title: CHAPTER IV: Ways of life in a Māori house; title: CHAPTER V: The whānau, past and present; title: CHAPTER VI: A practical universe of meanings; title: CHAPTER VII: At the heart of a politics of differentiation; title: CONCLUSION: Interconnected places and autonomous spaces.