Paradise remade: the politics of culture and history in Hawai'i

Abstract

1. Introduction Competing Myths of Hawai'I History and the Politics of Culture Hawaiian Historiography 2. Thinking about Hawaiian History Conceptualizing Structural Change: Marxist Perspectives Language and Power: Poststructuralist Perspectives 3. Hawai'i before Contact with the West The Hawaiian Social Structure Ideological Reproduction Chant and Hula: At the Ideological Center Structure and Change before Contact 4. Western Penetration and Structural Transformation The Penetration of Capitalism Transformation to Capitalism: The Mahele The New Political-Economy of Sugar Hawaiian Sovereignty at Risk 5. Transformations in Ideological Representations: Chant and Hula Cultural Interaction in Hawai'I The Intrusion of Western Culture Changes in Hawaiian Chant and Hula New Forms of Hawaiian Music Music and Resistance 6. Transformations in Language and Power The Movement from Orality to Literacy The Power of Writing The Displacement of Hawaiian by English Discourses about Chang and Hula 7. Contending Representations of Hawaiian Culture The Political-Economy of Hawai'i in the Twentieth Century Hawaiian Music and the Industries of Culture Tourism and Paradise: Appropriating Hawaiian Culture The Politics of Culture Hawai'i Style Hawaiians and the Politics of Culture Notes Glossary Index

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