J Kehaulani Kauanui

Hawaiian Blood

Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Study of the legal and cultural effects of the "fifty-percent blood quantum" rule which was first instituted in the 1920s to define who counted as a native Hawaiian and which has continuing influence on legislation and on the Hawaiian sovereignt

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""Hawaiian Blood" tells a fascinating and important story that has not received sufficient attention in the historical research on Hawai'i nor in the work on indigenous peoples more generally. Well written, accessible to students and sophisticated in its analysis, this book offers provocative new insights and theoretical perspectives on how we think about and use notions of race, blood, and belonging."--Sally Engle Merry, author of" Colonizing Hawai'i: The Cultural Power of Law"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 159mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9780822340799
• ISBN-10: 0822340798
• Artikelnr.: 23881334

Autorenporträt

J. K¿haulani Kauanui is Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at Wesleyan University.

Inhaltsangabe

A Note to Readers xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Got Blood? 1
1. Racialized Beneficiaries and Genealogical Descendants 37
2. "Can you wonder that the Hawaiians did not get more?" Historical Context
for the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act 67
3. Under the Guise of Hawaiian Rehabilitation 99
4. The Virile, Prolific, and Enterprising: Part-Hawaiians and the Problem
with Rehabilitation 121
5. Limiting Hawaiians, Limiting the Bill: Rehabilitation Recoded 145
6. Sovereignty Struggles and the Legacy of the 50-Percent Rule 171
Notes 197
Bibliography 211
Index 229