Entanglements of Empire - Missionaries, Maori, and the Question of the Body (Paperback)

The first Protestant mission was established in New Zealand in 1814, initiating complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Maori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Christianity among influential Maori 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 the physical body as the most contentious site of cultural engagement, with Maori and missionaries struggling over hygiene, tattooing, clothing, and sexual morality. "Entanglements of Empire" is particularly concerned with how, as a result of their encounters in the classroom, chapel, kitchen, and farmyard, Maori and the English mutually influenced each other's worldviews. Concluding in 1840 with New Zealand's formal colonization, this book offers an important contribution to debates over religion and empire.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	December 2014
Authors:	Tony Ballantyne
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	376
ISBN-13:	978-0-8223-5826-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	0-8223-5826-3
Barcode:	9780822358268

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