Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai`i and Oceania
ISBN: 9781478005650
Platform/Publisher: e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection / Duke University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: chapter
Subjects: Native and Indigenous Studies; Critical Ethnic Studies; Gender and Sexuality;

Maile Arvin analyzes the history of racialization of Polynesians within the context of settler colonialism across Polynesia, especially in Hawai'i, arguing that a logic of possession through whiteness animates European and Hawaiian settler colonialism.

Maile Arvin is Assistant Professor of History and Gender Studies at the University of Utah.

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