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| #4341146 in Books | University of Hawaii Press | 2006-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.08 x6.46 x9.52l, | File type: PDF | 372 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Thoroughly engaging. A wonderful read.|By Sumi Nu|This engrossing work by Davianna Pōmaika’i McGregor centers on the lives and stories of Hawaii’s kua`āina, the people who for generations used and cared for the lands of Hawai’i and whose descendants, as McGregor passionately argues, “have a vested responsibility and right to hold these lands in trust|About the Author|Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor is professor of ethnic studies at the University of Hawai'i and a historian of Hawai'i and the Pacific.
The word kua'aina translates literally as "back land" or "back country." Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor grew up hearing it as a reference to an awkward or unsophisticated person from the country. However, in the context of the Native Hawaiian cultural renaissance of the late twentieth century, kua'aina came to refer to those who actively lived Hawaiian culture and kept the spirit of the land alive. The mo'olelo (oral traditions) recounted in this book reveal how kua'aina ha...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Na Kua'aina: Living Hawaiian Culture | Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
