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Aloha Compadre is the first study to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawai¿i. It reveals that contrary to popular discourse, Latinx migration to Hawai¿i is not a recent event. From the early 1830s to the present, Latinx communities have been a part of the cultural landscape of Hawai¿i prior to annexation, territorial status, and statehood.
List of contents
Preface
Note on Terminology and Accessibility
Introduction: The Deportation of Andres Magaña Ortiz
1 Vaqueros and Paniolos
2 Boricua Hawaiiana
3 Working Maui Pine
4 “Wetbacks” in Racial Paradise?
5 Mixed Race Identity, Localized Latinxs, and a Pacific Latinidad
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the author
RUDY P. GUEVARRA JR. is professor of Asian Pacific American studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. He is the author of
Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego (Rutgers University Press), and coeditor of
Beyond Ethnicity: New Politics of Race in Hawai¿i.
Summary
The first book to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawai’i. This study reveals that contrary to popular discourse, Latinx migration to Hawai’i is not a recent event, and explores the expanding boundaries of Latinx migration beyond the western hemisphere and into Oceania.
