Waves of Resistance - Surfing and History in Twentieth-century Hawaii

Informationen zum Autor Isaiah Helekunihi Walker is assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University-Hawai'i, located on O'ahu's North Shore. Klappentext Argues that throughout the twentieth century Hawaiian surfers have successfully resisted colonial encroachment in the po`ina nalu (surf zone). Drawing from Hawaiian language newspapers and oral history interviews, Isaiah Walker's history of the struggle for the po`ina nalu revises previous surf history accounts and unveils the relationship between surfing and colonialism in Hawai`i.

Product details

• Authors: Isaiah Helekunihi Walker
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2011
• EAN: 9780824835477
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3547-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous