Paradoxes of Hawaiian sovereignty : land, sex, and the colonial politics of state nationalism

Paradoxes of Hawaiian sovereignty : land, sex, and the colonial politics of state nationalism /

"In Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty J. Kēhaulani Kauanui examines contradictions of Indigeneity and self-determination in U.S. domestic policy and international law. She theorizes paradoxes in the laws themselves and in nationalist assertions of Hawaiian Kingdom restoration and demands for U....

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Main Author: Kauanui, J. Kēhaulani, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Since 1959
Sovereignty.
Nationalism > Hawaii.
sovereignty.
HISTORY > Oceania.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Autonomy and independence movements
Nationalism
Politics and government
Sovereignty
Hawaii > Politics and government > 1959-
Hawaii > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Hawaii > Politique et gouvernement > 1959-
Hawaii > Histoire > Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes.
Hawaii
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: contradictory sovereignty
  • Contested Indigeneity: between kingdom and "tribe"
  • Properties of land: that which feeds
  • Gender, marriage, and coverture: a new proprietary relationship
  • "Savage" sexualities
  • Conclusion: decolonial challenges to the legacies of occupation and settler colonialism
  • Glossary of Hawaiian words and phrases.

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