Description
In Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty J. Kehaulani 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.S. deoccupation, which echo colonialist models of governance. Kauanui argues that Hawaiian elites' approaches to reforming and regulating land, gender, and sexuality in the early nineteenth century that paved the way for sovereign recognition of the kingdom complicate contemporary nationalist activism today, which too often includes disavowing the indigeneity of the Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiian) people. Problematizing the ways the positing of the Hawaiian Kingdom's continued existence has been accompanied by a denial of U.S. settler colonialism, Kauanui considers possibilities for a decolonial approach to Hawaiian sovereignty that would address the privatization and capitalist development of land and the ongoing legacy of the imposition of heteropatriarchal modes of social relations.
About the Author
J. Kehaulani Kauanui is Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Wesleyan University, author of Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity, also published by Duke University Press, and editor of Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders.
Reviews
"Kauanui's study constitutes a significant addition to the existing anthropological and historical scholarship that engages with events taking place in the nineteenth century in the islands, and scholarship linked to the contepmorary sovereignty movement, complementing the existing scholarship in a nuanced and commanding way. There is no doubt that this study will be of interest to scholars in the field, and its varied insights will constitute an enduring gift to the decolonization movement and its undertaking, both in the islands and more broadly amongst Indigenous communities worldwide." -- Naomi Alisa Calnitsky * Anthropology Book Forum *
"Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is yet another highly significant and extremely well-researched and theoretically contextualized contribution to the rapidly growing body of literature by native Hawaiian scholars on their history, culture, and political struggles." -- Jonathan Y. Okamura * Journal of American History *
"[Kauanu] is to be commended for her diligence in both scholarship and activism. The book is a fine example of scholarship demonstrating the intersectionality of nationality, ethnicity, and gender in a meaningful and robust manner." -- David Fazzino * Pacific Affairs *
"In this deeply engaging book, J. Kehaulani Kauanui unpacks paradoxes inherent in past and contemporary assertions of Hawaiian sovereignty. . . . While Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is set in Hawai'i, it will prove useful for anyone interested in the global politics of Indigeneity and settler colonialism-in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, the Pacific Islands, and Israel/Palestine." -- Tomonori Sugimoto * PoLAR *
"An ambitious and provocative work of decolonial scholarship." -- Joshua Bartlett * American Indian Quarterly *
"Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is a much-needed, incisive, yet eas ily accessible addition to conversations in academia and activism alike. Kauanui's work calls on Kanaka 'Oiwi to face the settler-colonial complexi ties and paradoxes embedded within our histories and our current political movements while also providing us with guidance toward reimagined futu rities that are truly decolonized and free from the heteropatriarchal settler-colonial structures and mindsets." -- Natalee Kehaulani Bauer * Native American and Indigenous Studies *
"Kauanui draws on feminist and queer theory, and Foucault's notions of biopolitics and biopower, to provide a fine-grained masterpiece problematizing state-centric notions of sovereignty." -- Michelle Nayahamui Rooney * Journal of Pacific History *
"J. Kehaulani Kauanui makes a brilliant case for the close historical analysis of political discourse and the grounding of
speculative futures in an understanding of the past. Kauanui . . . layers narratives of occupation and resistance, historiographical debate, political critique, and autoethnographical reflections in this powerful text." -- Rose Stremlau * American Historical Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780822370758
Author J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 408g
About the Author
J. Kehaulani Kauanui is Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Wesleyan University, author of Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity, also published by Duke University Press, and editor of Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders.
Reviews
"Kauanui's study constitutes a significant addition to the existing anthropological and historical scholarship that engages with events taking place in the nineteenth century in the islands, and scholarship linked to the contepmorary sovereignty movement, complementing the existing scholarship in a nuanced and commanding way. There is no doubt that this study will be of interest to scholars in the field, and its varied insights will constitute an enduring gift to the decolonization movement and its undertaking, both in the islands and more broadly amongst Indigenous communities worldwide." -- Naomi Alisa Calnitsky * Anthropology Book Forum *
"Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is yet another highly significant and extremely well-researched and theoretically contextualized contribution to the rapidly growing body of literature by native Hawaiian scholars on their history, culture, and political struggles." -- Jonathan Y. Okamura * Journal of American History *
"[Kauanu] is to be commended for her diligence in both scholarship and activism. The book is a fine example of scholarship demonstrating the intersectionality of nationality, ethnicity, and gender in a meaningful and robust manner." -- David Fazzino * Pacific Affairs *
"In this deeply engaging book, J. Kehaulani Kauanui unpacks paradoxes inherent in past and contemporary assertions of Hawaiian sovereignty. . . . While Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is set in Hawai'i, it will prove useful for anyone interested in the global politics of Indigeneity and settler colonialism-in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, the Pacific Islands, and Israel/Palestine." -- Tomonori Sugimoto * PoLAR *
"An ambitious and provocative work of decolonial scholarship." -- Joshua Bartlett * American Indian Quarterly *
"Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is a much-needed, incisive, yet eas ily accessible addition to conversations in academia and activism alike. Kauanui's work calls on Kanaka 'Oiwi to face the settler-colonial complexi ties and paradoxes embedded within our histories and our current political movements while also providing us with guidance toward reimagined futu rities that are truly decolonized and free from the heteropatriarchal settler-colonial structures and mindsets." -- Natalee Kehaulani Bauer * Native American and Indigenous Studies *
"Kauanui draws on feminist and queer theory, and Foucault's notions of biopolitics and biopower, to provide a fine-grained masterpiece problematizing state-centric notions of sovereignty." -- Michelle Nayahamui Rooney * Journal of Pacific History *
"J. Kehaulani Kauanui makes a brilliant case for the close historical analysis of political discourse and the grounding of
speculative futures in an understanding of the past. Kauanui . . . layers narratives of occupation and resistance, historiographical debate, political critique, and autoethnographical reflections in this powerful text." -- Rose Stremlau * American Historical Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780822370758
Author J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 408g
