Hawaii Nei: Island Plays (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780824859022)

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.

Author: Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
ISBN-10: 0824859022
ISBN-13: 9780824859022
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2016
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d