The Forgotten Coast

von Richard Shaw

256 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

'You approach family stories with caution and care, especially when a thing long forgotten is uncovered in the telling.'In this deft memoir, Richard Shaw unpacks a generations-old family story he was never told: that his ancestors once farmed land in Taranaki which had been confiscated from its owners and sold to his great-grandfather, who had been with the Armed Constabulary when it invaded Parihaka on 5 November 1881.Honest, and intertwined with an examination of Shaw's relationship with his father and of his family's Catholicism, this book's key focus is urgent: how, in a decolonising world, Pakeha New Zealanders wrestle with, and own, the privilege of their colonial pasts.

• ISBN: 9780995143142
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.11.2021
• Größe: 180 x 119 mm
• Verlag: Massey University