Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity by Kauanui, J. Kehaulani
Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity by Kauanui, J. Kehaulani

Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity

In the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) of 1921, the U.S. Congress defined "native Hawaiians" as those...
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Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity by Kauanui, J. Kehaulani

Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity

$96.65
Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity by Kauanui, J. Kehaulani

Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity

$96.65
Author: J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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In the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) of 1921, the U.S. Congress defined "native Hawaiians" as those people "with at least one-half blood quantum of individuals inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778." This "blood logic" has since become an entrenched part of the legal system in Hawai'i. Hawaiian Blood is the first comprehensive history and analysis of this federal law that equates Hawaiian cultural identity with a quantifiable amount of blood. J. Kēhaulani Kauanui explains how blood quantum classification emerged as a way to undermine Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli) sovereignty. Within the framework of the 50-percent rule, intermarriage "dilutes" the number of state-recognized Native Hawaiians. Thus, rather than support Native claims to the Hawaiian islands, blood quantum reduces Hawaiians to a racial minority, reinforcing a system of white racial privilege bound to property ownership.

Kauanui provides an impassioned assessment of how the arbitrary correlation of ancestry and race imposed by the U.S. government on the indigenous people of Hawai'i has had far-reaching legal and cultural effects. With the HHCA, the federal government explicitly limited the number of Hawaiians included in land provisions, and it recast Hawaiians' land claims in terms of colonial welfare rather than collective entitlement. Moreover, the exclusionary logic of blood quantum has profoundly affected cultural definitions of indigeneity by undermining more inclusive Kanaka Maoli notions of kinship and belonging. Kauanui also addresses the ongoing significance of the 50-percent rule: Its criteria underlie recent court decisions that have subverted the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and brought to the fore charged questions about who counts as Hawaiian.



Author: J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780822340799


Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 01/09/2009 pg. 17
Choice 11/01/2009

About the Author

J. Kēhaulani Kauanui is Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at Wesleyan University.


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