{"product_id":"galleries-of-maoriland-roger-blackley-9781869409357","title":"Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Maori World, 1880-1910","description":"\u003ci\u003eGalleries of Maoriland\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to the many ways in which European colonists to New Zealand discovered, created, propagated, and romanticized the Maori world summed up in a popular nickname describing New Zealand: Maoriland. But Blackley shows that Maori were not merely passive victims; they too had a stake in this process of romanticization. What, this book asks, were some of the Maori purposes that were served by curio displays, portrait collections, and the wider ethnological culture? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalleries of Maoriland \u003c\/i\u003elooks at Maori prehistory in European art; the enthusiasm of settlers and Maori for portraiture and recreations of ancient life; the trade in Maori curios; and the international exhibition of this colonial culture. By illuminating New Zealand's artistic and ethnographic economy, this book provides a new understanding of our art and our culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Blackley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1869409353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781869409357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Auckland University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.50h x 8.50w x 1.20d","brand":"Roger Blackley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47611833712895,"sku":"9781869409357","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b796a19-e39e-41f8-82c9-ce53d2c2fdd4.jpg?v=1764516374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/galleries-of-maoriland-roger-blackley-9781869409357","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}