Washday at the Pa
Washday at the Pa, by New Zealand premier photographer Ans Westra, was first published as a photo-story booklet in 1964 by the Department of Education for use in Primary Schools, but all 38,000 copies were withdrawn following a campaign by the Maori Women's Welfare League that it... read full description below.
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| Interest Age |
All ages |
| Reading Age |
All ages |
| NBS Text |
People & Places: General |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
44 |
| Dimensions |
Height: 240mm
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| Weight |
Not specified - defaults to 600g |
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Not specified |
| Catalogue Code |
237750 |
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Washday at the Pa, by New Zealand premier photographer Ans Westra, was first published as a photo-story booklet in 1964 by the Department of Education for use in Primary Schools, but all 38,000 copies were withdrawn following a campaign by the Maori Women's Welfare League that it would have a 'detrimental effect' on Maori people - and that the living conditions portrayed within the book were atypical. A second edition of the booklet was published the same year with some images omitted. This edition is a selection of these two editions together with photographs of the washday family taken in 1988, and includes essays by arts critic, journalist and broadcaster Mark Amery detailing the controversy and background of Washday at the Pa.
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