Waves of resistance : surfing and history in twentieth-century Hawaiʻi /

Surfing has been a significant sport and cultural practice in Hawai'i for more than 1,500 years. In the last century, facing increased marginalization on land, many Native Hawaiians have found refuge, autonomy, and identity in the waves. In Waves of Resistance Isaiah Walker argues that througho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, Isaiah Helekunihi (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqjf0
Table of Contents:
  • Heʻe nalu : a Hawaiian history of surfing
  • Colonial violence and Hawaiian resistance
  • Hui Nalu, Outrigger, and Waikīkī beachboys
  • Unmanning Hawaiians : producing "ideal natives" via tourism, Hollywood, and historical writings
  • The Hawaiian renaissance and Hawaiian surfers
  • The Hui o Heʻe Nalu
  • Hui in American media : "terrorists" on the North Shore.