The “Oriental Renaissance” in the Pacific: Orientalism, Language and Ethnogenesis in the British Pacific

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The “Oriental Renaissance” in the Pacific: Orientalism, Language and Ethnogenesis in the British Pacific

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This paper suggests that the “Oriental Renaissance” was a crucial, often overlooked, thread in the intellectual life of the Australasian colonies. British imperial networks, together with the circulation of learned periodicals and monographs, ensured that British Orientalism profoundly shaped the intellectual culture of nineteenth century New Zealand and that it was particularly prominent in debates over the origins and identity of Maori. Linguistic comparison provided the most important evid...

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1999-12-01

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Tony Ballantyne

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Migracijske i Etniĉke Teme

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http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/161266

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Orientalism / Indo-European/Aryan / Polynesian / Maori, New Zealand / Colonies and colonization / Emigration and immigration / International migration

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