Description
Author: Alison Jones
Format: Trade Paperback C Format
Publication date: 08/09/2020
Imprint: BRIDGET WILLIAMS BOOKS
ISBN: 9781988587288
This book is about my making sense here, of my becoming and being Pakeha. Every Pakeha becomes a Pakeha in their own way, finding her or his own meaning for that Maori word. This is the story of what it means to me. I have written this book for Pakeha and other New Zealanders curious about their sense of identity and about the ambivalences we Pakeha often experience in our relationships with Maori.
A timely and perceptive memoir from award-winning author and academic Alison Jones. As questions of identity come to the fore once more in New Zealand, this frank and humane account of a life spent traversing Pakeha and Maori worlds offers important insights into our shared life on these islands.
Hedley’s Books –
Shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards, one of The Listener’s best books of 2020 and in our opinion a book every Pākehā should read. In this thought-provoking memoir, award-winning writer Alison Jones maps a rough path toward Pākehā identity. Asking questions, while avoiding positions of blame and guilt, in search of a ‘Pākehā-ness’ in relation to Māori that is respectful and honest. The result is an incredible book and an important contribution to the conversation around our national identity. – David