Repositioning the Missionary: Rewriting the Histories of Colonialism, Native Catholicism, and Indigeneity in Guam

by Vicente M. Diaz

In the vein of an emergent Native Pacific brand of cultural studies, Repositioning the Missionary critically examines the cultural and political stakes of the historic and present-day movement to canonize Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores (1627-1672), the Spanish Jesuit missionary who was martyred by Mata'pang of Guam while establishing the Catholic mission among the Chamorros in the Mariana Islands. The work juxtaposes official, popular, and critical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824834356
• ISBN13: 9780824834357
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"