Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawaii 9780824861513

Table of contents :
“Settlers, Not Immigrants”
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text
Introduction. Asian Settler Colonialism in the U.S. Colony of Hawai‘i
PART I: NATIVE
Defining the Settler Colonial Problem
Settlers of Color and “Immigrant” Hegemony. “Locals” in Hawai‘i
“Apologies”
Hawai‘i and the United Nations
Hawaiian Sovereignty
Settler-Dominated State Apparatuses. The State Legislature and the Prison Industrial Complex
‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani. Defending Native Hawaiian Culture
A Nation Incarcerated
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
“‘Ai Pöhaku” photo series
PART II: SETTLER
Consequences of Settler Colonialism
The Hawaiians. Health, Justice, and Sovereignty
The Militarizing of Hawai‘i. Occupation, Accommodation, and Resistance
Whose Vision? Rethinking Japanese, Korean, and Filipino Settlement
Sites of Erasure. The Representation of Settler Culture in Hawai‘i
Ideological Images. U.S. Nationalism in Japanese Settler Photographs
Ethnic Boundary Construction in the Japanese American Community in Hawai‘i
Colonial Amnesia. Rethinking Filipino “American” Settler Empowerment in the U.S. Colony of Hawai‘i
Anatomy of a Dancer. Place, Lineage, and Liberation
Speaking Out against Asian Settler Power
Local Japanese Women for Justice (LJWJ) Speak Out against Daniel Inouye and the JACL
List of Contributors
Index