Legendary Hawai'i and the Politics of Place Tradition, Translation, and Tourism

Name: Legendary Hawai'i and the Politics of Place Tradition, Translation, and Tourism
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ISBN: 9780812222500

ISBN-10: 0812222504

ISBN-13: 9780812222500

Edition: 2007

Authors: Cristina Bacchilega

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Hawaiian legends figure greatly in the image of tropical paradise that has come to represent Hawai'i in popular imagination. But what are we buying into when we read these stories as texts in English-language translations? Cristina Bacchilega poses this question in her examination of how stories labeled as Hawaiian "legends" have been adapted to produce a legendary Hawai'i primarily for non-Hawaiian readers or other audiences.With an understanding of tradition that foregrounds history and change, Bacchilega examines how, following the 1898 annexation of Hawai'i by the United States, the publication of Hawaiian legends in English delegitimized indigenous narratives and traditions and at the…

Book details

Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 6/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English