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America goes Hawaiian : the influence of Pacific Island culture on the mainland

Title: America goes Hawaiian : the influence of Pacific Island culture on the mainland / Geoff Alexander ; foreword by DeSoto Brown.
Author: Alexander, Geoff, 1952-
Publication: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

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Description

x, 274 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

"How did Hawaiian and Polynesian culture come to dramatically alter American music, fashion and decor, as well as ideas about race, in less than a century? It began with mainland hula and musical performances in the late 19th century, rose dramatically as millions shipped to Hawaii during the Pacific War, then made big leap with the advent of low-cost air travel. By the end of the 1950s, mainlanders were hosting tiki parties, listening to exotica music, lazing on rattan furniture in Hawaiian shirts and, of course, surfing. The author describes how this cultural conquest came about and the people and events that led to it"--

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-264) and index.

Contents

Of Hawaiian words and a note on money -- Sailing to paradise -- Flying air paradise : the evolution of flight to Hawaii -- The hula : taking America by dance -- Sliding into paradise : the Hawaiian steel guitar -- Ring my bell : music from the paradise of exotica -- Passing the tiki torch -- A twisted tale : the emergence of rattan furniture -- The shirt heard 'round the world -- If it swells, ride it : a surfin' tsunami surges to the California coast -- Breeding a hope for the future : interracial romance embarks for the mainland -- Appendix A: Bigger, better and braver : why the world's largest flying boat ever made never flew a commercial route to Hawaii -- Appendix B: The Zenith Trans-Oceanic: bringing Hawaii to your living room via shortwave.

Call Number

JFF 19-1053

ISBN

9781476669496
147666949X

LCCN

2018056959

OCLC

1079410646

Author

Alexander, Geoff, 1952- author.

Title

America goes Hawaiian : the influence of Pacific Island culture on the mainland / Geoff Alexander ; foreword by DeSoto Brown.

Publisher

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-264) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Research Call Number

JFF 19-1053

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