Exhibiting Māori : a history of colonial cultures of display / Conal McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Conal, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Māori (New Zealand people)--Exhibitions--History.

Māori (New Zealand people).

Exhibitions.

History.

New Zealand--Exhibitions--History.

New Zealand.

New Zealand Region.

Physical Description:

xiv, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2007.

Summary:

This richly illustrated book presents a comprehensive assessment of the display of Maori culture from the nineteenth century to today. In doing so, Exhibiting Maori traces the long journey from curio to specimen, artefact, art and taonga (treasure). Drawing on extensive and groundbreaking research, Exhibiting Maori reveals for the first time the remarkable story of Maori resistance to, involvement in, and eventual capture of the display of their culture. Ranging across museums, world fairs, fine art and tourism, Exhibiting Maori fuses museum studies, anthropology, and visual and material culture to uncover a history of active Maori engagement with the colonial culture of display.

Contents:

A Note on the Maori Language xv

New Zealand Map xviii

New Zealand/Aotearoa: Simplified Tribal Map xix

Introduction: The Cultures of Display 1

1 'Colonialism's Culture', 1865-1913 13

2 'Our Nation's Story', 1914-42 61

3 'Art Apart', 1949-79 101

4 'Emblems of Identity', 1980-90 135

5 Mana Taonga, 1991-2001 167

Conclusion: The Subaltern Speaks 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-234) and index.

ISBN:

1845204743

1845204751

9781845204747

9781845204754

OCLC:

74525359

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