Paul Moon (1)
Autore di This Horrid Practice
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Sull'Autore
Paul Moon was born in 1968 in New Zealand. He is a professor at the Auckland University of Technology. He is also a writer of New Zealand history and biography specialising in Maori history. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Studies, a Master of Philosophy degree, a Master mostra altro of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy. He is recognised for his research of the Treaty of Waitangi and has written two books about it. He has also produced the biographies of Governors William Hobson and Robert FitzRoy, and the Nga Puhi chief Hone Heke. In June 2014, Moon was shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize in History. In 2015 he made the New Zealand Best Seller List with his title Face to Face which he co-authored with Jane Ussher. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Paul Moon
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- New Zealand
- Luogo di residenza
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Istruzione
- La Salle University (MA|History)
Massey University (MPhil) - Attività lavorative
- professor of history
- Organizzazioni
- Auckland University of Technology
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Quote from Angas on p. 29 saying that Heke "became Hongi's fighting man, and, during Hongi's decline, conducted his fighting expeditions" then p. 31 says that Heke "would almost certainly have been too young to have embarked on Hongi Hika's epic campaigns of the 1820s... Hongi died in 1821". Seems inconsistent.
Some quotes are used more than once within just a few pages. Odd.
Some quotes are used more than once within just a few pages. Odd.
An investigation into the history of traditional Maori cannibalism that draws its title from a journal entry of Captain James Cook dated 16 January 1770. It's great to finally have a book covering the topic which makes a scholarly attempt to explain this historic cultural practice. Having just read the journals of Te Papa missionary Alfred Brown and the many accounts they contained, it was good to browse this book and find out more about this part of Aotearoa's history.
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- 121
- Popolarità
- #164,307
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 37
I can just about sum up my feelings without talking about the issue of cannibalism at all.
The legend goes that the Maori god Maui went fishing and the North Island of New Zealand is the fish he caught.
"After the arrival of Europeans in New Zealand, the story underwent several modifications, and was elaborated on to the extent that some current versions of it make reference to the topographical appearance of various parts of the country (the North Island looking like a fish, the Hauraki Gulf a fish’s mouth, the tip of the Hawke’s Bay a fish hook, the South Island a canoe, Stewart Island an anchor, and so forth). The only way in which these additional features could have crept into the original myth was with the benefit of charts, which were introduced into New Zealand by Europeans from the late eighteenth century. So it is to some degree with the rendering of Maori cannibalism. The original reasons for its occurrence and the nature of its practice have quite possibly been laminated with additional layers of interpretation applied by both Maori and European."
My Feelings about this: A very interesting idea. I certainly won't talk about it at work.… (altro)