“Living on the edge of legend”: the ecology of Hawaiian identity transmission in Kawai Strong Washburn’s Sharks in the Time of Saviors (2020)
This article analyses how Kawai Strong Washburn’s Sharks in the Time of Saviors explores the precarity of Hawaiian identity. More particularly, it contends that in this novel, the successful retrieval and preservation of Hawaiian identity, and its transmission, require the restoration of a whole “Ha...
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| Xuất bản năm: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/pla, |
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| Định dạng: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Anglais |
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Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
2025
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Tóm tắt: | This article analyses how Kawai Strong Washburn’s Sharks in the Time of Saviors explores the precarity of Hawaiian identity. More particularly, it contends that in this novel, the successful retrieval and preservation of Hawaiian identity, and its transmission, require the restoration of a whole “Hawaiian ecosystem.” Indeed, to “re-enter the legend” and not simply “live on its edge,” the characters must restore the relationality that exists, in Hawaiian culture and beliefs, between history, land, and individuals – thereby resulting in the subversion of colonial violence and legacy, the redefinition of traditional social and gender roles, as well as political and ecological self-determination. |
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