 | Legendary Hawai''i and the Politics of Place: Tradition, Translation, and Tourism Subjects: Legends -- Hawaii -- History and criticism; Oral tradition -- Hawaii -- History and criticism; Folk literature -- Hawaii -- History and criticism; Hawaiians -- Folklore. Politics and culture -- Hawaii; Culture and tourism -- Hawaii; Heritage tourism -- Ha; In a book with interdisciplinary appeal, Bacchilega demonstrates both how the myth of legendary Hawai'i emerged and how this vision can be unmade and reimagined. Cristina Bacchilega is Professor of English at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She is the author of Postmodern Fairy Tales: Gender and Narrative Strategies, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
