I have loved me a man : the life & times of Mika / Sharon Mazer ; foreword by Witi Ihimaera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazer, Sharon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mika, 1962-.

Mika.

Performance art--21st century.

Performance art.

Conceptual art--21st century.

Conceptual art.

New Zealand--Social life and customs.

New Zealand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 268 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2018.

Summary:

I Have Loved Me a Man takes readers inside the social revolution that has moved New Zealand from the 1960s to the present day through the story of the queer Maori performance artist, Mika. Adopted into a white family, Mika learnt Maori culture from the back of a cereal box. He discovered disco in the 1970s, worked with Carmen, Dalvanius Prime, and others to develop outrageous stage shows, and came out on screen with Harvey Keitel, playing a takatapui role in the film The Piano. Mika has never been in the closet: his life has been an ongoing production of both the fabulous and the revolutionary. This highly visual book interweaves research with images hand-picked from Mika's extensive archive to reveal the life and times of a queer brown boy from Aotearoa who took on the big white world.

Contents:

Cover

Endpapers

Half-title page

Title page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Author's Note

Foreword: Mika: Still a Star

Chapter One: Weet-Bix Māori

Chapter Two: Spoof Dancing

Chapter Three: Tēnei Tōku Ure | Manhood

Tēnei Tōku

Chapter Four: I Have Loved Me a Man

Chapter Five: Do U Like

Chapter Six: Tribal Hollywood

Chapter Seven: Plastic Māori

Chapter Eight: Mika's Magic Garden of Aroha

Chapter Nine: Tohunga Matakite

In Memoriam

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Imprint.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781776710102

177671010X

9781776710089

1776710088