Ancestry of Experience : : A Journey into Hawaiian Ways of Knowing /

Ancestry of Experience : : A Journey into Hawaiian Ways of Knowing / / Leilani Holmes; ed. by David K. Yoo, Russell Leong.

As Hawaiians continue to recover their language and culture, the voices of kupuna (elders) are heard once again in urban and rural settings, both in Hawai'i and elsewhere. How do kupuna create knowledge and "tell" history? What do they tell us about being Hawaiian? Adopted by a Midwes...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Holmes, Leilani,
HerausgeberIn:
Leong, Russell,
Yoo, David K.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 33 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Photos
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Searching Through Texts Texting Memory
  • 2. Viewfinders View from Outside
  • 3. Dig Up Our Voices Kalo and Her 'Ohana
  • 4. We Will Manifest Aunty Limu and Aunty Lau
  • 5. Place of Confluence Tūtū 'Ōhi'a and the Kā'ai
  • 6. The Ancestry of Experience: Ha'ina the Experience of Ancestry: Kaona
  • Conclusion Bones and Voices
  • Appendix A Cast of Characters
  • Appendix B A Hula for Aunty Mena
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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