Hawaii Nei: Island Plays (Talanoa: Contemporary Pacific Literature, 3)

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by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl

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Hawaii Nei brings together three plays by one of Hawaii's finest playwrights. A compassionate portrait of early nineteenth- century Hawaii, "The Conversion of Kaahumanu" charts the lives of five women during the traumatic, transforming events that followed Western contact. Set in post-World War II Hawaii, "Emmalehua" tells the story of a young Hawaiian woman struggling to preserve a cherished cultural heritage in a world eager to forget the past and embrace the new American dream. Through history, humor, and a whodunnit plot, the past and present collide in "Ola Na Iwi," which explores the issues surrounding the treatment of indigenous human remains. "Represents the very best of indigenous theatre. . . . Each play is written with verve and wit and has a sure sense of theatricality." Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl is a Hawaiʻi-based playwright and author of Hawaiian, Sāmoan, and Caucasian ancestry.

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