Hawaiian Blood - Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity

Informationen zum Autor J. Kauanui Kahaulani Klappentext Study of the legal and cultural effects of the "fifty-percent blood quantum" rule which was first instituted in the 1920s to define who counted as a native Hawaiian and which has continuing influence on legislation and on the Hawaiian sovereignt Zusammenfassung In 1921 the US Congress officially defined "Native Hawaiians" as those people with at least one-half blood quantum of individuals inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778. This book provides a history and analysis of how a federal law equating Hawaiian cultural identity with a quantifiable amount of blood was created. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Note to Readers xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Got Blood? 1 1. Racialized Beneficiaries and Genealogical Descendants 37 2. "Can you wonder that the Hawaiians did not get more?" Historical Context for the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act 67 3. Under the Guise of Hawaiian Rehabilitation 99 4. The Virile, Prolific, and Enterprising: Part-Hawaiians and the Problem with Rehabilitation 121 5. Limiting Hawaiians, Limiting the Bill: Rehabilitation Recoded 145 6. Sovereignty Struggles and the Legacy of the 50-Percent Rule 171 Notes 197 Bibliography 211 Index 229

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• Authors: J. K&, Kauanui, J Kehaulani Kauanui, J. Kauanui, J. Kehaulani Kauanui
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2008
• EAN: 9780822340584
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4058-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Narrating Native Histories; Narrating Native Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law