The Forgotten Coast (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780995143142)

'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 decolonizing world, Pakeha New Zealanders wrestle with, and own, the privilege of their colonial pasts.

Author: Richard Shaw
ISBN-10: 0995143145
ISBN-13: 9780995143142
Publisher: Massey University
Language: English
Published: 01/11/2022
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.10h x 4.70w x 1.00d