Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the PacificPaul Spickard, Joanne L. Rondilla, Debbie Hippolite Wright Pacific Islander Americans constitute one of the United States' least understood ethnic groups. As expected, stereotypes abound: Samoans are good at football; Hawaiians make the best surfers; all Tahitians dance. Although Pacific history, society, and culture have been the subjects of much scholarly research and writing, the lives of Pacific Islanders in the diaspora (particularly in the U.S.) have received far less attention. The contributors to this volume of articles and essays compiled by the Pacific Islander Americans Research Project hope to rectify this oversight. |
Contents
Pacific Diaspora? | 1 |
Part One Identity | 29 |
Part Two Leaving the Islands | 67 |
A Ravuvu | 87 |
Craig R Janes | 118 |
Part Three Cultural Transformations | 133 |
Diaz | 169 |
The Dynamics of Aloha | 195 |
Part Four Gender and Sexuality | 219 |
Carolina E Robertson | 262 |
Kekuni Blaisdell | 279 |
Part Six Hawaiian Nationalism | 307 |
Jay Hartwell | 322 |
Bibliography | 355 |
Contributors | 377 |