Broschiertes Buch

The Past Before Us

Moʻokūʻauhau as Methodology

Herausgeber: Wilson-Hokowhitu, N&

Beschreibung

The title of this book refers to the importance of ka w mamua or ""the time in front"" in Hawaiian thinking. In this collection of essays, eleven Kanaka iwi (Native Hawaiian) scholars honor their mookauhau (geneaological lineage) by using genealogical knowledge drawn from the past to shape their research methodologies.

Autor

Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu is a research fellow at Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Marie Alohalani Brown, assistant professor of religion at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, holds an MA in Hawaiian language and a PhD in English. She is a specialist in Hawaiian and other Polynesian religions, and in mo`olelo, a narrative genre that includes belief narratives, life writing, and historical treatises.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Hawaii Press
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780824873394
• ISBN-10: 0824873394
• Artikelnr.: 54395311