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      The new kava user: Diasporic identity formation in reverse

      Aporosa, S. 'Apo'
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      Aporosa, S. ‘Apo’. (2015). The new kava user: Diasporic identity formation in reverse. New Zealand Sociology, 30(4), 58–77.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12796
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      Diaspora' studies have broadened their definition to now include hybridised identities situated in both the past and future. The formation of the Indo-Fijian ethnicity is an example of the evolution of a hybrid diasporic identity. This article briefly discusses Indo-Fijian diaspora in Fiji before shifting its focus to Aotearoa New Zealand. In this new setting, diaspora understanding will take a new direction that concentrates on the uptake of kava drinking and aspects of the kava culture by some Māori and Pālangi/Pākehā. In doing so, the article examines how these Māori and Pālangi/Pākehā, as the 'hosts', are expanding their cultural identity by embracing an icon of identity that came with a diasporic population – Pasifikans to Aotearoa – essentially creating diasporic identity formation in reverse.
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      2015
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      Journal Article
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      The Journal of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa/New Zealand
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      This article is published in the New Zealand Sociology. © The Journal of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Used with permission.
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