Hawai''i Is My Haven - Race and Indigeneity in the Black Pacific

Nitasha Tamar Sharma maps the context and contours of Black life in Hawai¿i, showing how despite the presence of anti-Black racism, the state's Black residents consider it to be their haven from racism.

List of contents

Acknowledgments  xi
Introduction: Hawai¿i Is My Haven  1
1. Over Two Centuries: The History of Black People in Hawai¿i  37
2. "Saltwater Negroes": Black Locals, Multiracialism, and Expansive Blackness  71
3. "Less Pressure": Black Transplants, Settler Colonialism, and a Racial Lens  120
4. Racism in Paradise: AntiBlack Racism and Resistance in Hawai¿i 166
5. Embodying Kuleana: Negotiating Black and Native Positionality in Hawai¿i  217
Conclusion: Identity↔Politics↔Knowledge  261
Notes  279
Bibliography  305
Index  331

About the author

Nitasha Tamar Sharma

Summary

Nitasha Tamar Sharma maps the context and contours of Black life in Hawai?i, showing how despite the presence of anti-Black racism, the state's Black residents consider it to be their haven from racism.

Product details

• Authors: Nitasha Tamar Sharma
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781478014379
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-1437-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore