Navigating Islands and Continents: Conversations and Contestations in and Around the Pacific : Selected Essays

, by Franklin, Cynthia; Hsu, Ruth; Kosanke, Suzanne

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ISBN: 9780824823658 | 0824823656
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/1/2000

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This is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews that explores the interrelations among Pacific, Asian, and continental U.S. identities and literatures.

Acknowledgments

Editors' Note

xiii

Introduction

Cynthia Franklin

Warriors

Thirst

(1)

Kathy Dee Kaleokealoha Kaloloahilani Banggo

Women as Warriors: The Philippine Revolutionary Context

(20)

John Witeck

Metaphors of Protest: Anti-Colonial and Nationalistic Themes as Tradition in Tagalog Poetry

(16)

Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo

Of Daffodils and Heilala: Understanding (Cultural) Context in Pacific Literature

(11)

Konai Helu Thaman

Writing in Captivity: Poetry in a Time of De-Colonization

(5)

Haunani-Kay Trask

Westlake

(7)

Richard Hamasaki

Re-siting Asian/American Studies

Failed Performances of the Nation in Gish Jen's Typical American

(17)

Rachel Lee

Secret Asian Man and Other Invisible Asians: Race as Theater in Miss Saigon

(21)

Misa Oyama

Can Asian American Studies Abandon ``Nation''?

101

(16)

David Leiwei Li

Diasporic Identities, Global/Local Motions

I, Islands: Mapping the Intersections of History, Fiction, and Self

117

(15)

Ami R. Mattison

Texting Bodies: Notes on Language, Writing, Desire

132

(11)

Aneil Rallin

Transmigration and Transformation: The Chinese in Tahiti

143

(14)

Carol C. Fan

A Conversation with Masao Miyoshi

157

(16)

Kuan-Hsing Chen

Steve Bradbury

The Diasporic Imagination

173

(14)

Subramani

Shark God on Trial: Invoking Ka-Lani-`Opu`u in the Local/Indigenous/American Struggle for Place

187

(22)

Rob Wilson

The Costs of Tourism and Capitalism

Tourist

209

(1)

Haunani-Kay Traks

Lahaina, 1995

210

(1)

Haunani-Kay Trask

E utu

211

(4)

Richard Hamasaki

Storied Land

Menehune Pond

215

(1)

Kathy Dee Kaleokealoha Kaloloahilani Banggo

A Search for Ku`Ula-Kai

216

(16)

Dennis Kawaharada

Hero or Outlaw? Two Views of Kaluaiko`Olau

232

(32)

Ku`ualoha Meyer Ho`omanawanui

Sky Watah

264

(3)

Joe Balaz

Artificial Curiosities

267

(4)

Richard Hamasaki

About the Contributors

271

(4)

About the Editors

275

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Navigating Islands and Continents: Conversations and Contestations in and Around the Pacific : Selected Essays

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