Local Story : : The Massie-Kahahawai Case and the Culture of History / / John P. Rosa.
The Massie-Kahahawai case of 1931-1932 shook the Territory of Hawai'i to its very core. Thalia Massie, a young Navy wife, alleged that she had been kidnapped and raped by "some Hawaiian boys" in Waikīkī. A few days later, five young men stood accused of her rape. Mishandling of eviden...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Massie-Kahahawai Case as a Local Story
- Chapter 1: Local Boys: Ahakuelo, Chang, Ida, Kahahawai, and Takai as the Accused
- Chapter 2: Haole Woman: Thalia Massie and the Defense of White Womanhood
- Chapter 3: The Killing of Joseph Kahahawai: Native Hawaiians and Stories of Resistance
- Chapter 4: A Closing and an Opening: The Massie-Fortescue Murder Trial
- Chapter 5: Story, Memory, History
- Epilogue: Ha'ina 'ia mai
- Chronology of the Massie-Kahahawai Case and Its Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author