Kamoan Mine

Higgins, Katherine; Leleisi‘uao, Andy

Kamoan Mine

dc.contributor.author	Higgins, Katherine
dc.contributor.author	Leleisi‘uao, Andy
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-22T17:34:58Z
dc.date.available	2010-01-22T17:34:58Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description	Paper submitted to The Space Between: Negotiating Culture, Place, and Identity in the Pacific; based on the indigenous Oceanic concept, va, a space marked by tension and transformation and by confluences and connections
dc.description.abstract	This article critically considers the concept of Kamoan. Coined by visual artist Andy Leleisi‘uao to identify New Zealand–born Samoans, Kamoan is a hybridization of the terms Kiwi and Samoan. The authors discuss the issues surrounding what it means to be Kamoan, and the pressures Kamoans experience. Despite the difficulties they face in coming to grips with their identity, this article shows that Kamoans are successfully carving out a place for themselves in New Zealand—one that has provided a unique outlet for their voices to be heard.
dc.format.extent	17 p.
dc.identifier.citation	Higgins, K, and A. Leleisi‘uao. 2009. Kamoan Mine. In The Space Between: Negotiating Culture, Place, and Identity in the Pacific, edited by A. Marata Tamaira, 37-53. Occasional Paper Series 44. Honolulu, Hawai‘i: Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
dc.identifier.issn	0897-8905
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14682
dc.publisher	Honolulu: Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Occasional Papers no. 44 / Center for Pacific Islands Studies
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Occasional paper series / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
dc.subject	Kamoan
dc.subject	New Zealand–born Samoan
dc.subject	Andy Leleisi‘uao
dc.subject	contemporary art
dc.subject	identity
dc.subject	empowerment
dc.title	Kamoan Mine
dc.type	Paper
dc.type.dcmi	Paper

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