Defiant indigeneity : the politics of Hawaiian performance / Stephanie Nohelani Teves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teves, Stephanie N., author.

Series:

Critical indigeneities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawaiians--Ethnic identity.

Hawaiians.

Hawaiians--Social life and customs.

Hawaiians--Social conditions.

Hawaiians--Government relations.

Physical Description:

xviii, 220 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Summary:

" ... Theorizes Indigeneity as a performative process, challenging the notion that it can be understood in terms of a prescribed set of unchanging cultural signs. ... Indigenous identity is made up of shared community understandings about belonging that is performed and articulated in multiple settings and contexts. For Kanaka Maoli people, Teves shows that Indigeneity is represented and articulated through the idea of "aloha," a concept that is at once the most significant and most misunderstood word in the Hawaiian lexicon"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Throwing mangoes at tourists

How to do things with aloha

F-you aloha, I love you

Bloodline is all I need and defiant indigeneity on the West Side

Aloha in drag

The afterlife of Princess Ka'iulani

Bound in place: queer indigenous mobilities and "the old paniolo way"

Aloha as social connection.

Notes:

Included bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469640549

1469640546

9781469640556

1469640554

OCLC:

994296626