Defiant Indigeneity: The Politics of Hawaiian Performance
Stephanie Nohelani Teves
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Description
"Aloha" is at once the most significant and the most misunderstood word in the Indigenous Hawaiian lexicon. For K&257;naka Maoli people, the concept of "aloha" is a representation and articulation of their identity, despite its misappropriation and commandeering by non-Native audiences in the form of things like the "hula girl" of popular culture. Considering the way aloha is embodied, performed, and interpreted in Native Hawaiian literature, music, plays, dance, drag performance, and even ghost tours from the twentieth century to the present, Stephanie Nohelani Teves shows that misunderstanding of the concept by non-Native audiences has not prevented the K&257;naka Maoli from using it to create and empower community and articulate its distinct Indigenous meaning.While Native Hawaiian artists, activists, scholars, and other performers have labored to educate diverse publics about the complexity of Indigenous Hawaiian identity, ongoing acts of violence against Indigenous communities have undermined these efforts. In this multidisciplinary work, Teves argues that Indigenous peoples must continue to embrace the performance of their identities in the face of this violence in order to challenge settler-colonialism and its efforts to contain and commodify Hawaiian Indigeneity.
Product Details
Price
$37.38
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Publish Date
April 09, 2018
Pages
240
Dimensions
6.14 X 9.21 X 0.55 inches | 0.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781469640556
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About the Author
Stephanie Nohelani Teves is assistant professor of ethnic studies and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Oregon.
Reviews
Reckons with issues that affect many of our communities, from the consumption of our lands and cultures to continued marginalization of varied expression.--H-Net Reviews
A vital contribution . . . Scale[s] an impressive breadth of performance media that demonstrate the diversity of Kanaka Maoli life and resistance to colonialism.--The Drama Review
A vital contribution . . . Scale[s] an impressive breadth of performance media that demonstrate the diversity of Kanaka Maoli life and resistance to colonialism.--The Drama Review