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From a native daughter : colonialism and sovereignty in Hawai'i

Title

From a native daughter : colonialism and sovereignty in Hawai'i / Haunani-Kay Trask.

Author

Trask, Haunani-Kay

Publication

Monroe, Maine : Common Courage Press, [1993]
©1993

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Description

301 pages : illustrations; 20 cm

Summary

"In this impassioned and provocative collection of 17 essays, Trask, a well-known activist, argues the case of indigenous Hawaiians, persons of Polynesian descent, who have been overwhelmed by the dominant culture. She puts the native Hawaiian experience in its historical context as one of colonialism, initiated by military invasion and sustained through military and economic occupation and oppression. She also touches on the environmental devastation wrought by development on a beautiful and fragile ecosystem, and on the ``cultural prostitution'' that occurs when native traditions become mere local color for swarms of tourists. Trask examines the claims of Hawaiians to human rights and self-determination before international tribunals. This issue is given a larger frame of reference by a similar discussion of other Pacific island nations. The author convincingly documents continued racism directed at Hawaii's native inhabitants, including at the University of Hawaii where she teaches Hawaiian studies. Uncompromising yet never shrill, this volume is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on indigenism, the movement for the rights of native people around the world. (May)"--Publisher's weekly viewed Sept. 30, 2022.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Acknowledgments (p.iii) -- Introduction (p.1) -- Part I. Sovereignty--the international context. Hawaiians and human rights (p.31) -- Politics in the Pacific islands--imperialism and native self-determination (p.51) -- The new world order (p.79) -- Part II. Sovereignty--the Hawai'i context. Kupa'a 'Aina : native nationalism in Hawai'i (p.87) -- Women's mana and Hawaiian sovereignty (p.111) -- Neo-colonialism and indigenous structures (p.131) -- Part III. The colonial front--historians, anthropologists and the tourist industry. From a native daughter (p.147) -- What do you mean "we, " white man? (p.161) -- Lovely hula hands : corporate tourism and the prostitution of Hawaiian culture (p.179) -- Part IV. A native woman in a white university. Racism against native Hawaiians at the University of Hawai'i (p.201) -- The politics of academic freedom as the politics of white racism (p.225) -- Part V. The problem with "solidarity." Coalitions between natives and non-natives (p.247) -- Pacific island women and white feminism (p.263) -- Appendices. Draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Populations (p.279) -- United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (p.289) -- Index (p.291).

ISBN

1567510094
9781567510096
1567510086
9781567510089

LCCN

93009387

OCLC

ocm27641966
27641966
SCSB-1993258

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library