Asian Settler Colonialism

Asian Settler Colonialism

From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawaii

Edited by: Jonathan Y. Okamura and Candace Fujikane

University of Hawaii Press | 2008

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824861513

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Asian Settler Colonialism is a groundbreaking collection that examines the roles of Asians as settlers in Hawai‘i. Contributors from various fields and disciplines investigate aspects of Asian settler colonialism to illustrate its diverse operations and impact on Native Hawaiians. Essays range from analyses of Japanese, Korean, and Filipino settlement to accounts of Asian settler practices in the legislature, the prison industrial complex, and the U.S. military to critiques of Asian settlers’ claims to Hawai‘i in literature and the visual arts.

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OkamuraJonathan Y.:

Jonathan Y. Okamura is associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Hawai‘i.FujikaneCandace:

Candace Fujikane is associate professor of English at the University of Hawai‘i.

Reviews

Yuri Kochiyama,:
“When Native Hawaiian activists lash out against Asian settler colonialism, we must remember what Malcolm X said: ‘The conditions that our people suffer are extreme, and an extreme illness cannot be cured with moderate medicine.’ This book takes a candid and necessary look at indigenous views of Asian settlement in Hawai‘i over the past century.”

Glenn Omatsu:
“A valuable resource not only for Asian Americans in Hawai‘i but for all scholars and activists grappling with issues of social justice in other ‘settler’ societies, most notably the continental U.S.”

Patrick Wolfe:
“This book is about Hawai‘i, but it holds profound implications for settler societies everywhere. In these societies, the fundamental social divide is not the color line. It is not ethnicity, minority status, or even class. The primary line is the one distinguishing Natives from settlers—that is, from everyone else. Only the Native is not a settler. Only the Native is truly local. Only the Native will free the Native. The contributors to this landmark volume, Native and settler alike, join to inscribe this irreducible truth with force, clarity, and conviction.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
“Settlers, Not Immigrants” Haunani-Kay Trask Free access PDF PDF	vii
Contents Free access PDF PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Free access PDF PDF	xiii
Note on the Text Free access PDF PDF	xv
Introduction. Asian Settler Colonialism in the U.S. Colony of Hawai‘i Candace Fujikane Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
PART I: NATIVE
Defining the Settler Colonial Problem
Settlers of Color and “Immigrant” Hegemony. “Locals” in Hawai‘i Haunani-Kay Trask Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	45
“Apologies” Haunani-Kay Trask Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	66
Hawai‘i and the United Nations Mililani B. Trask Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	67
Hawaiian Sovereignty Mililani B. Trask Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	71
Settler-Dominated State Apparatuses. The State Legislature and the Prison Industrial Complex
‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani. Defending Native Hawaiian Culture Momiala Kamahele Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	76
A Nation Incarcerated Healani Sonoda Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	99
Settler-Dominated Ideological State Apparatuses. Literature and the Visual Arts
“This Land Is Your Land, Th is Land Was My Land”. Kanaka Maoli versus Settler Representations of ‘Äina in Contemporary Literature of Hawai‘i Ku‘Ualoha Ho‘Omanawanui Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	116
“‘Ai Pöhaku” photo series Kapulani Landgraf Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	155
PART II: SETTLER
Consequences of Settler Colonialism
The Hawaiians. Health, Justice, and Sovereignty David Stannard Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	161
The Militarizing of Hawai‘i. Occupation, Accommodation, and Resistance Kyle Kajihiro Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	170
Whose Vision? Rethinking Japanese, Korean, and Filipino Settlement
Sites of Erasure. The Representation of Settler Culture in Hawai‘i Karen K. Kosasa Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	195
Ideological Images. U.S. Nationalism in Japanese Settler Photographs Eiko Kosasa Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	209
Ethnic Boundary Construction in the Japanese American Community in Hawai‘i Jonathan Y. Okamura Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	233
Colonial Amnesia. Rethinking Filipino “American” Settler Empowerment in the U.S. Colony of Hawai‘i Dean Itsuji Saranillio Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	256
Anatomy of a Dancer. Place, Lineage, and Liberation Peggy Myo-Young Choy Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	279
Speaking Out against Asian Settler Power
Local Japanese Women for Justice (LJWJ) Speak Out against Daniel Inouye and the JACL Ida Yoshinaga and Eiko Kosasa Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	294
List of Contributors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	307
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	309

Asian Settler Colonialism

From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawaii

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