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

Bacchilega, Cristina.

Legendary Hawai'i and the Politics of Place : Tradition, Translation, and Tourism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (243 pages)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Hawai'i's Storied Places: Learning from Anne Kapulani Landgraf's ''Hawaiian View'' -- Chapter 3. The Production of Legendary Hawai'i: Out of Place Stories I -- Chapter 4. Emma Nakuina's Hawaii: Its People, Their Legends: Out of Place Stories II -- Chapter 5. Stories in Place: Dynamics of Translation and Re-Cognition -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

In a book with interdisciplinary appeal, Bacchilega demonstrates both how the myth of legendary Hawai'i emerged and how this vision can be unmade and reimagined.

9780812201178


Legends-Hawaii-History and criticism.
Oral tradition-Hawaii-History and criticism.
Folk literature-Hawaii-History and criticism.
Hawaiians-Folklore.
Politics and culture-Hawaii.
Culture and tourism-Hawaii.
Heritage tourism-Hawaii.
Public opinion-Hawaii.
Hawaii-Colonization.
Hawaii-Folklore.
Hawaii-Foreign public opinion.


Electronic books.

GR110.H38 -- B33 2007eb

398.209969

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