Black Inc. One nation's identity, a global politic

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Black Inc. One Nation's Identity, A Global Politic

Project 2012-04-15 23:26:31 +1200

The colour black is powerful. All of us wear black - on some occasions we feel like we should wear it - we use it to describe things, sometimes we even feel black. Black's power is its symbolic currency. It has value when we use it to exchange meanings in our communication.


For Aotearoa New Zealand, this symbolic currency has been appropriated for the national identity. So the colour black has more power for us, here. In fact, Aotearoa is a great case-study for black's strange powers for identity, for symbolic interaction, and for cultural politics. 

But black's powers in New Zealand are at the heart of this nation's strange influence upon the world. 

This is the book that explores the colour black, its cultural significance for Aotearoa's national identity, and the political economy of this significance around our planet. This is the book that explores the genealogy - the whakapapa of black's power, and New Zealand's place in a global political economy.

Pre-sales will pay for the Printer

This book has been lovingly designed as a beautiful book for the coffee table. There are some incredible graphic designs by the Open Lab at Massey University, Wellington, and art by contemporary New Zealand artists. The legacy of black in New Zealand's art tradition is already well acknowledged. This book is a tribute to the power of black in Aotearoa's contemporary art and media. 


Only the cost has stopped me from using even more visual evidence throughout the book. It will be a taonga, with only 500 being printed, and only 400 of these being made available for sale. Of course, the e-book will be available at a fraction of the price for lucky people with an i-pad.

I have to take the print job to China. The quality for this production is second nature to the printers over there. The fact is, to print this book in New Zealand would cost three times as much!

WARNING: RADICAL THEORY inside this book

A New Zealander that thinks radically? Sure, THAT's original.

Seriously though, be prepared - if you're a kiwi - to be challenged by this sociology. There's post-structuralist and symbolic interactionist, not to mention post-Freudian post-Marxist theories being applied one after the other. Oh, and did I mention my first degree was in feminist studies?

I received a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship from the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University in 2003 to conduct the research for this book. 

I believe I've got a cool and brand new theorem to apply to Aotearoa's hybrid, upside-down reputation and identity. You'll either love it or love hating it. Either way, this book will spark great debate for you and your friends, and I promise this will be the case even if you never read anything but the captions for the pictures.




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Black Inc. One Nation's Identity, A Global Politic

Project 2012-04-15 23:26:31 +1200

The colour black is powerful. All of us wear black - on some occasions we feel like we should wear it - we use it to describe things, sometimes we even feel black. Black's power is its symbolic currency. It has value when we use it to exchange meanings in our communication.


For Aotearoa New Zealand, this symbolic currency has been appropriated for the national identity. So the colour black has more power for us, here. In fact, Aotearoa is a great case-study for black's strange powers for identity, for symbolic interaction, and for cultural politics. 

But black's powers in New Zealand are at the heart of this nation's strange influence upon the world. 

This is the book that explores the colour black, its cultural significance for Aotearoa's national identity, and the political economy of this significance around our planet. This is the book that explores the genealogy - the whakapapa of black's power, and New Zealand's place in a global political economy.

Pre-sales will pay for the Printer

This book has been lovingly designed as a beautiful book for the coffee table. There are some incredible graphic designs by the Open Lab at Massey University, Wellington, and art by contemporary New Zealand artists. The legacy of black in New Zealand's art tradition is already well acknowledged. This book is a tribute to the power of black in Aotearoa's contemporary art and media. 


Only the cost has stopped me from using even more visual evidence throughout the book. It will be a taonga, with only 500 being printed, and only 400 of these being made available for sale. Of course, the e-book will be available at a fraction of the price for lucky people with an i-pad.

I have to take the print job to China. The quality for this production is second nature to the printers over there. The fact is, to print this book in New Zealand would cost three times as much!

WARNING: RADICAL THEORY inside this book

A New Zealander that thinks radically? Sure, THAT's original.

Seriously though, be prepared - if you're a kiwi - to be challenged by this sociology. There's post-structuralist and symbolic interactionist, not to mention post-Freudian post-Marxist theories being applied one after the other. Oh, and did I mention my first degree was in feminist studies?

I received a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship from the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University in 2003 to conduct the research for this book. 

I believe I've got a cool and brand new theorem to apply to Aotearoa's hybrid, upside-down reputation and identity. You'll either love it or love hating it. Either way, this book will spark great debate for you and your friends, and I promise this will be the case even if you never read anything but the captions for the pictures.




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Anonymous pledger
31/10/2012 at 5:52pm
Rosemary Marriott
31/10/2012 at 5:00pm
JENNIE STONE
31/10/2012 at 4:58pm
Jennifer O'Sullivan
31/10/2012 at 2:29pm
Anonymous pledger
31/10/2012 at 1:29pm
Anonymous pledger
31/10/2012 at 1:07pm
Mark Rickerby
31/10/2012 at 12:30pm
jane dykes
31/10/2012 at 9:13am
Rachel
31/10/2012 at 8:47am
Nichola Sweetie
31/10/2012 at 8:34am
Anonymous pledger
31/10/2012 at 8:29am
Kerry Annett
31/10/2012 at 7:29am
Anonymous pledger
31/10/2012 at 1:20am
Angela Wells
31/10/2012 at 1:12am
Anonymous pledger
31/10/2012 at 12:48am
Anonymous pledger
31/10/2012 at 12:31am
Prudence Stone
30/10/2012 at 10:45pm
Rachael W
30/10/2012 at 10:15pm
Anonymous pledger
30/10/2012 at 9:29am
George Laking
30/10/2012 at 8:19am
Nathan Cowie
29/10/2012 at 9:17pm
Mary-Ellen Imlach
29/10/2012 at 11:04am
andrew stafford
29/10/2012 at 10:26am
Sarah Gunn
29/10/2012 at 10:03am
Sarah Taverner
28/10/2012 at 9:19pm
Paula Dion
28/10/2012 at 8:39pm
helen kitching
28/10/2012 at 8:32pm
Janine Ahie
28/10/2012 at 8:14pm
Vicky Griffin
28/10/2012 at 11:37am
lara connolly
28/10/2012 at 11:03am

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