J Kehaulani Kauanui: 2 books
Hawaiian Blood
Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2008
In the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) of 1921, the U.S. Congress defined “native Hawaiians” as those people “with at least one-half blood quantum of individuals inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778.” This “blood logic” has since become an entrenched part of the legal system...
Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty
Land, Sex, and the Colonial Politics of State Nationalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
In Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty J. Kēhaulani Kauanui examines contradictions of indigeneity and self-determination in U.S. domestic policy and international law. She theorizes paradoxes in the laws themselves and in nationalist assertions of Hawaiian Kingdom restoration and demands for U.S....