Mongrelism : The mighty mongrel mob nation of Aotearoa New Zealand /
Publication details: London ; Switzerland ; Here Press ; Images Vevey, ; ©2018.Description: 380 pages : colour illustrations, ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780993585388
- 0993585388
- NZ&P TR 647 ROT
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Special Collection | Whitecliffe Library Staff office | Special Collection | NZ&P TR 647 ROT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Special Collection-Library Use Only | 0016419 |
Depicted in 152 large format colour photographic plates
Offset lithoprint on coated and uncoated paper. Library buckram cased hardback, with tipped in foiled illustration on library buckram. 2 gatefolds, 3 tipped in fold-outs.
Co-published by Here Press, London and Images Vevey, Switzerland.
The biker gang The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand are notorious for extreme violence.Their icon is the British bulldog wearing a Nazi helmet, while their members are largely indigenous Maori. The Mongrel Mob’s symbols arose as both a goading response to a history of colonial subjugation of Maori, and a proclamation of war against the (white) state. ‘Mongrelism’ offers portraits which illustrate Mob members’ assertion of membership and pride in their identity. Artefact studies and brutal first person narratives are drawn from the Mob corpus. The publication takes the form of a gang handbook. The order and grouping of images is the result of consultation with members and hews to their geographic, familial and hierarchical relationships. An unedited Mob voice dominates the written section. The book award of the Grand Prix Images Vevey, Swiss 2017-2018.