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Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and author of
Securing Paradise: Tourism and Militarism in Hawai‘i and the Philippines, also published by Duke University Press.
Hokulani K. Aikau is Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah and author of
A Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawai‘i.
List of contents
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1
Part 1. Wahi Pana / Storied Places 15
Only Twenty Ahupua'a Away 19
H¿-m¿kua 26
He Mo'olelo no Pa'auilo: Restor(y)ing '¿ina in a Quiet, Old Plantation Town in H¿m¿kua 28
Ponoiwi 37
Wehe a'ela ka '¿ao ma Haleakal¿ 45
(Locals Will) Remove All Valuables from You Vehicle: The Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens and the Damming of the Waters 50
Finding Direction: Google Mapping the Sacred, Mo'olelo Mapping Wahi Pana in Five Poems 58
Princess Ka'iulani Haunts the Empire of Waik¿k¿ 67
Sources of Sustainment: Fort Kamehameha and '¿hua Point 77
Fantasy Island: From Pineapple Plantation to Tourist Plantation on L¿na'i 86
Anini 94
Kahale'ala, Halele'a: Fragrant Joyful Home, a Visit to Anini, Kaua'i 96
N¿ Pana Kaulana o Keaukaha: The Stories Places of Keaukaha 107
Part II. Hana Lima / Decolonial Projects and Representation 119
Ke Kilohana 123
Aloha is Deoccupied Love 125
Sovereign Spaces: Creating Decolonial Zones through Hula and Mele 132
Settler Colonial Postcards 147
An Island Negotiating a Pathway for Responsible Tourism 153
Ka Hale H¿'ike'ike a Pihopa: A Bishop Museum Love Story 164
Reclaiming the 'Ili of Haukulu and 'Aihulama 173
Keauhou Resort: Rethinking Highest and Best Use 182
'A'ole is Our Refusal 193
"Where are Your Sacred Temples?" Notes on the Struggle for Mauna a W¿kea 200
K¿luku Hale in H¿na, East Maui: Reviving Traditional Hawaiian House and Heaiu Building 211
P¿'olo Pa'akai: A Bundle of Salt from P¿'olo, Hanap¿p¿, Kaua'i 220
"Welcome to the Future:" Restoring Keawanui Fishpond 230
Part III. Huaka'i / Tours for Transformation 245
The Hawai'i DeTour Project: Demilitarizing Sites and Sights on O'ahu 249
Kanaloa Kaho'olawe: He Wahi Akua / A Sacred Place 261
Fences and Fishing Nets: Conflicting Visions of Stewardship for Ka'ena and M¿kua 271
Beneath the Touristic Sheen of Waik¿k¿ 283
Sakada 293
A Downtown Honolulu and Capital District Decolonial Tour 300
Unearthing 'Auwai and Urban Histories in Kaka'ako 315
Displaced Kaka'ako 326
What's under the Pavement in my Neighborhood, P¿owaina 238
Mapping Wonder in Lualualei on theHuaka'i K¿ko'o no Wai'anae Environmental Justice Bus Tour 340
Part IV. Hawai'i beyond the Big Eight / New mappings 351
Where is Hawai'i? Hawaiian Diaspora and Kuleana 355
We Never Voyage Alone 362
Law of Canoe: Reckoning Colonialism and Criminal Justice in the Pacific 373
Reconnecting with Ancestroial Islands: A Guide to Papah¿naumokükea (the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) 380
Conclusion: 'A'ole I Pau (Not Yet Finished) 391
Glossary of Terms 393
Select References 405
Contributors 409
Index 417
About the author
Hokulani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, editors
Summary
In this brilliant reinvention of the travel guide, artists, activists, and scholars redirect readers from the fantasy of Hawai‘i as a tropical paradise and tourist destination toward a multilayered and holistic engagement with Hawai‘i’s culture, complex history, and the effects of colonialism.
