Polynesian Family System In Ka U Hawaii

Author : E.S. Craighill Handy,Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781462904570

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Polynesian Family System in Ka-U Hawaii by E.S. Craighill Handy,Mary Kawena Pukui Pdf

This classic book on Hawaiian families and culture is an essential text for anyone interested in pre-American Hawaii. The Polynesian Family System in Ka-'U, Hawai'i is a collaboration of the distinguished scholars Dr. Mary Puku and Dr. E.S. Craighill Handy. It provides us with this fascinating review of traditional Hawaiian life. Manners and customs relating to birth, death, marriage, sexual practices, religious beliefs, and family relationship are all clearly described. The main sources of information were elderly Hawaiian informants of then remote Kacu district of the island of Hawaii. This Hawaiian history and culture book provides professional scholars and laymen a like with an unrivaled picture of traditional Hawaiian society. Based on original work in the field with living Hawaiians, it combines research into the literature by two authors of unusual qualifications with field work conducted under unique circumstances. This edition will be welcomed by librarians, anthropologists, and indeed all who have a serious interest in Polynesian life.

Author : E. S. Craighill Handy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:472543804

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The Polynesian Family System in Ka-ʻu, Hawaiʻi by E. S. Craighill Handy Pdf

Author : Edward Smith Craighill Handy,Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Families
ISBN : OCLC:663388046

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The Polynesian Family System in Ka-ʻu, Hawaiʻi by Edward Smith Craighill Handy,Mary Kawena Pukui Pdf

Author : E. S. C. Handy,M. K. Pukui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:264943584

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The Polynesian Family System ... by E. S. C. Handy,M. K. Pukui Pdf

Author : E. S. Craighill Handy,Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Communities
ISBN : OCLC:907537176

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The Polynesian Family System in Ka-'u, Hawaii by E. S. Craighill Handy,Mary Kawena Pukui Pdf

Author : E. S. Craighill Handy,Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:472543804

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The Polynesian Family System in Ka-ʻu, Hawaiʻi by E. S. Craighill Handy,Mary Kawena Pukui Pdf

Author : Douglas L. Oliver
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 1573061255

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Polynesia in Early Historic Times by Douglas L. Oliver Pdf

"This book presents a comprehensive and balanced description of major aspects of Polynesian cultures, using both the accounts of the European "discoverers" and the up-to-date writings of archaeologists and anthropologists".--BOOKJACKET.

Author : Caren Loebel-Fried
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824845247

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Hawaiian Legends of Dreams by Caren Loebel-Fried Pdf

Moe‘uhane, the Hawaiian word for dream, means "soul sleep." Hawaiians of old believed they communicated with ‘auma-kua, their ancestral guardians, while sleeping, and this important relationship was sustained through dreaming. During "soul sleep," people received messages of guidance from the gods; romantic relationships blossomed; prophecies were made; cures were revealed. Dreams provided inspiration, conveying songs and dances that were remembered and performed upon waking. Specialists interpreted dreams, which were referred to and analyzed whenever important decisions were to be made. Having no written language, Hawaiians passed their history and life lessons down in the form of legends, which were committed to memory and told and retold. And within these stories are a multitude of dreams--as in a famous legend of the goddess Pele, who travels in a dream to meet and entrance the high chief Lohi‘au. Dreams continue to play an important role in modern Hawaiian culture and are considered by some to have as powerful an influence today as in ancient times. In this companion volume to her award-winning Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits, artist Caren Loebel-Fried retells and illuminates nine dream stories from Hawai‘i's past that are sure to please readers young and old, kama‘aina and malihini, alike.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781493053131

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Mark Twain's Hawaii by Mark Twain Pdf

Mark Twain’s wit and wisdom is timeless. Mark Twain’s Hawaii: A Humorous Romp through History, combines Twain’s own writings on Hawaii with personal reminiscences by others who met him at that time, and traces Twain’s journey through the region just as he experienced it in 1866. The book highlights Twain’s humor, travel in the 19th century, history, social commentary, and the exotic locale in an authoritative and entertaining volume for Twain fans and Hawaii enthusiasts.

Author : Knut M. Rio,Olaf H. Smedal
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1845458834

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Hierarchy by Knut M. Rio,Olaf H. Smedal Pdf

Louis Dumont's concept of hierarchy continues to inspire social scientists. Using it as their starting point, the contributors to this volume introduce both fresh empirical material and new theoretical considerations. On the basis of diverse ethnographic contexts in Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East they challenge some current conceptions of hierarchical formations and reassess former debates - of post-colonial and neo-colonial agendas, ideas of "democratization" and "globalization," and expanding market economies - both with regard to new theoretical issues and the new world situation.

Author : Caren Loebel-Fried
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824845803

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Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits by Caren Loebel-Fried Pdf

Ancient Hawaiians lived in a world where all of nature was alive with the spirits of their ancestors. These aumakua have lived on through the ages as family guardians and take on many natural forms, thus linking many Hawaiians to the animals, plants, and natural phenomena of their island home. Individuals have a reciprocal relationship with their guardian spirits and offer worship and sacrifice in return for protection, inspiration, and guidance. Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits is told in words and pictures by award-winning artist Caren Loebel-Fried. The ancient legends are brought to life in sixty beautiful block prints, many vibrantly colored, and narrated in a lively "read-aloud" style, just as storytellers of old may have told them hundreds of years ago. Notes are included, reflecting the careful and extensive research done for this volume at the Bishop Museum Library and Archives in Honolulu and at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. A short section on the process of creating the block prints that illustrate the book is also included. The matching poster of "A Chance Meeting with the Iiwi" measures 22 x 28 inches.

Author : T. Earle,J. Ericson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483294964

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Exchange Systems in Prehistory by T. Earle,J. Ericson Pdf

Exchange Systems in Prehistory

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1989-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521273161

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The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms by Patrick Vinton Kirch Pdf

A first study from an archaeological perspective of the elaborate systems of Polynesian chiefdoms presents an original account of the processes of cultural change and evolution over three millennia.

Author : Kevin Fellezs
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478007418

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Listen but Don't Ask Question by Kevin Fellezs Pdf

Performed on an acoustic steel-string guitar with open tunings and a finger-picking technique, Hawaiian slack key guitar music emerged in the mid-nineteenth century. Though performed on a non-Hawaiian instrument, it is widely considered to be an authentic Hawaiian tradition grounded in Hawaiian aesthetics and cultural values. In Listen But Don’t Ask Question Kevin Fellezs listens to Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and non-Hawaiian slack key guitarists in Hawai‘i, California, and Japan, attentive to the ways in which notions of Kanaka Maoli belonging and authenticity are negotiated and articulated in all three locations. In Hawai‘i, slack key guitar functions as a sign of Kanaka Maoli cultural renewal, resilience, and resistance in the face of appropriation and occupation, while in Japan it nurtures a merged Japanese-Hawaiian artistic and cultural sensibility. For diasporic Hawaiians in California, it provides a way to claim Hawaiian identity. By demonstrating how slack key guitar is a site for the articulation of Hawaiian values, Fellezs illuminates how slack key guitarists are reconfiguring notions of Hawaiian belonging, aesthetics, and politics throughout the transPacific.

Author : Beatrice Krauss
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780824846169

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Plants in Hawaiian Culture by Beatrice Krauss Pdf

This book is intended as a general introduction to the ethnobotany of the Hawaiians and as such it presumes, on the part of the reader, little background in either botany or Hawaiian ethnology. It describes the plants themselves, whether cultivated or brought from the forests, streams, or ocean, as well as the modes of cultivation and collection. It discusses the preparation and uses of the plant materials, and the methods employed in building houses and making canoes, wearing apparel, and the many other artifacts that were part of the material culture associated with this farming and fishing people.