White Mothers, Brown Children: Ethnic Identification of Maori-European Children in New Zealand

Autor/in	Kukutai, Tahu H.
Titel	White Mothers, Brown Children: Ethnic Identification of Maori-European Children in New Zealand
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 69 (2007) 5, S.1150-1161 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00438.x
Schlagwörter	Racial Identification; Foreign Countries; Minority Groups; Ethnic Groups; Pacific Islanders; Mothers; Parent Attitudes; Parent Role; Parent Influence; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ethnische Minderheit; Ethnie; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Mother; Mutter; Elternverhalten; Parental role; Elternrolle; Neuseeland
Abstract	Studies of multiethnic families often assume the ethnic identification of children with the minority group results from the minority parent. This study examines an alternate view that mainstream parents also play an important role in transmitting minority ethnicity. It explores this argument using data from New Zealand on the ethnic labels mothers assign to their Maori-European children. It finds that European mothers are just as disposed as Maori mothers to designate their child as Maori, either exclusively or in combination. Two explanations, grounded in ethnic awareness and gendered inheritance, are proposed. Although neither satisfactorily predicts maternal designation decisions, the readiness of European mothers to identify their child as Maori underscores their role in diffusing Maori ethnicity. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10