Higgins, A.K. orcid.org/0000-0002-8624-8044 and Terruhn, J. (2020) Kinship, whiteness and the politics of belonging among white British migrants and Pākehā in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47 (15). pp. 3564-3582. ISSN 1369-183X
Abstract
In this article, we examine how white British migrants in Aotearoa/New Zealand and Pākehā New Zealanders understand the nature of their relationship to each other. We present findings from two qualitative studies conducted in Auckland, one with British migrants and the other with Pākehā. Drawing on Nash’s (2005, 452) argument that kinship is a selective process of performing the “relations that matter,” we demonstrate convergences and divergences in how British migrants and Pākehā conceive of relatedness between the two groups. While there is some overlap in naturalising a common ancestry, British migrants tended to have a greater expectation and experience of sameness whilst Pākehā were more likely to distance themselves from the British, highlighting cultural differences and an idiosyncratic Pākehā identity. Our unique comparative analysis of these discourses of relatedness brings together feminist understandings of kinship with critical scholarship on whiteness and settler colonialism to examine the functions such imaginaries of sameness and difference play in the context of negotiating dominant identities in contemporary settler societies. We argue that the way in which relatedness and kinship were mobilized reflected a desire to rightfully belong in place.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Taylor & Francis. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | whiteness; settler colonialism; Aotearoa/New Zealand; cultures of relatedness; British; Pākehā |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 May 2020 14:16 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1766353 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160198 |