{"product_id":"finding-meaning-brandy-nalani-mcdougall-9780816537945","title":"Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Native American Literature Symposium's Beatrice Medicine Award for Published Monograph\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this first extensive study of contemporary Hawaiian literature, Brandy Nalani McDougall examines a vibrant selection of fiction, poetry, and drama by emerging and established Hawaiian authors, including Haunani-Kay Trask, John Dominis Holt, Imaikalani Kalahele, and Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. At the center of the analysis is a hallmark of Hawaiian aesthetics--kaona, the intellectual practice of hiding and finding meaning that encompasses the allegorical, the symbolic, the allusive, and the figurative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a poet's attention to detail, McDougall interprets examples of kaona, guiding readers through olelo no'eau (proverbs)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003emo'olelo (literature and histories), and mooku'auhau (genealogies) alongside their contemporary literary descendants, unveiling complex layers of Hawaiian identity, culture, history, politics, and ecology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout, McDougall asserts that \"kaona connectivity\" not only carries bright possibilities for connecting the present to the past, but it may also ignite a decolonial future. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eFinding Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e affirms the tremendous power of Indigenous stories and genealogies to give activism and decolonization movements lasting meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandy Nalani McDougall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816537941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816537945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Brandy Nalani McDougall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045036847359,"sku":"9780816537945","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d52ac2f3-5171-431e-af22-7641421a7c54.jpg?v=1684976359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-meaning-brandy-nalani-mcdougall-9780816537945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}