Beyond Ethnicity: New Politics of Race in Hawai'i

Book Overview

Written by scholars of various disciplines, the essays in this volume dig beneath the veneer of Hawai'i's myth as a melting pot paradise to uncover historical and complicated cross-racial dynamics. Race is not the primary paradigm through which Hawai'i is understood. Instead, ethnic difference is celebrated as a sign of multicultural globalism that designates Hawai'i as the crossroads of the Pacific. Racial inequality is disruptive to the tourist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824869885
• ISBN13: 9780824869885
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"