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Books Noted: Recent Pacific Island Publications: Selected Acquisitions, January 2005-June 2005, Riley M. Moffat
Books Noted: Recent Pacific Island Publications: Selected Acquisitions, January 2005-June 2005, Riley M. Moffat
Pacific Studies
THIS LIST of significant publications relating to the Pacific Islands was selected from new acquisitions lists received from Brigham Young University Hawai'i, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, University of Auckland, East-West Center, University of the South Pacific, National Library of Australia, Melanesian Studies Resource Center, Center for Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Nijmegen, University of California-San Diego, Secretariat of the Pacific Community Library, Center for South Pacific Studies, University of New South Wales, and the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau's Center for the Pacific Development Training. Other libraries are invited to send contributions to the …
Vol. 30, No. 3/4 (Sept/Dec 2007): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Brigham Young University–HawaiʻI
Vol. 30, No. 3/4 (Sept/Dec 2007): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Brigham Young University–HawaiʻI
Pacific Studies
Front Matter for the Vol. 30, No 3/4-Sept/Dec 2007 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal.
Introduction: Special Issue–Women Writing Oceania: Weaving The Sails Of Vaka, Caroline Sinavaiana, J. Ke ̄Haulani Kauanui
Introduction: Special Issue–Women Writing Oceania: Weaving The Sails Of Vaka, Caroline Sinavaiana, J. Ke ̄Haulani Kauanui
Pacific Studies
This introduction to the special issue Women Writing Oceania: Weaving the Sails of Vaka presents a dynamic and wide-ranging collection of creative and scholarly work by indigenous Pacific Islander women. Framing women’s cultural production through the powerful symbolism of the vaka (ocean-going canoe), the coeditors invoke ancestral legacies of female mobility, artistry, and leadership. The issue explores themes of gender, identity, sexuality, colonial legacy, and the politics of representation across diverse forms—essays, poetry, art, and academic analysis. While contributions on sexuality remain limited, the volume challenges silences shaped by cultural protocols and colonial exotification. The editors highlight the limitations of …
Sleep, Jewel Castro
Ka Lawai‘A, Ku‘Ualoha Ho‘Omanawanui
Ka Lawai‘A, Ku‘Ualoha Ho‘Omanawanui
Pacific Studies
This poem uses the extended metaphor of traditional Hawaiian fishing to portray emotional manipulation and betrayal. The speaker likens their relationship to being hunted—baited with false promises and pierced by deception. Imagery of kukui nuts, sharp spears, and the soft body of the he‘e (octopus) evokes both cultural specificity and visceral vulnerability. Ultimately, the poem critiques how some cling to age-old tactics of control and harm, choosing cunning and tradition over transparency or change.
Speaking Reflections: Whaikoorero (Speech Making) And Karanga (Welcoming Cry) In Recent Theatre By Maaori Women, Mei-Lin Te-Puea Hansen
Speaking Reflections: Whaikoorero (Speech Making) And Karanga (Welcoming Cry) In Recent Theatre By Maaori Women, Mei-Lin Te-Puea Hansen
Pacific Studies
This essay suggests that contemporary Maaori/bicultural theatre is becoming a potent site for the articulation of Maaori women’s aspirations and concerns. Drawing on Maaori women’s biographical koorero from four plays performed between 1986 and 1997, the essay presents a kind of “vocal kaleidoscope.” This vocal kaleidoscope reflects the complexities of balancing a contemporary existence with a traditional past. Rena Owen’s Te Awa I Tahuti, Riwia Brown’s Roimata, Renee’s Jeannie Once, and Briar Grace-Smith’s Ngaa Pou Waahine render audible gender and cultural identity issues pertinent to Maaori women. Pieced together, the reflective voices of these waahine koorero help locate points of …
Tumuge' Påpa' (Writing It Down): Chamorro Midwives And The Delivery Of Native History, Christine Taitano Delisle
Tumuge' Påpa' (Writing It Down): Chamorro Midwives And The Delivery Of Native History, Christine Taitano Delisle
Pacific Studies
This essay explores the evolving significance of the Chamorro phrase tuge' påpa'—"write it down"—as both a command and a cultural imperative in the life of a Chamorro woman and scholar. Anchored in personal history and critical scholarship, the essay examines how writing becomes a medium for engaging with, preserving, and reshaping Chamorro identity, history, and resistance in the face of colonial narratives. Drawing from research on i pattera siha—prewar Chamorro nurse-midwives trained under U.S. Naval Administration—this work blends ethnography, historiography, and family memory to challenge dominant American colonial discourse. Using the motif of “working hands,” it underscores the …
Silauni‘I, Jacinta Galea‘I
Silauni‘I, Jacinta Galea‘I
Pacific Studies
This poignant story follows the narrator’s friendship with Silauni‘i, the daughter of a village minister in Samoa. Silauni‘i is quiet, unconventional, and full of subtle resilience—her zig-zag pigtails, uncombed hair, and luminous smile defy rigid expectations placed on minister’s children. Together, the girls navigate school, village gossip, and the burdens of being “examples” in their community. As they study Samoan grammar at A‘oga Samoa, the story builds to a heartbreaking moment when Silauni‘i is publicly beaten after failing a quiz, a punishment that reflects the weight of expectations and the cruelty of discipline cloaked in righteousness. Through intimate details and …
Blood And Reproduction Of (The) Race In The Name Of Ho‘Oulu Lāhui—A Hawaiian Feminist Critique, J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Blood And Reproduction Of (The) Race In The Name Of Ho‘Oulu Lāhui—A Hawaiian Feminist Critique, J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Pacific Studies
This essay interrogates the colonial legacy and contemporary consequences of blood quantum laws in defining Native Hawaiian identity, focusing on the exclusionary impact of the 1921 Hawaiian Homes Commission Act’s 50% rule. Through personal reflection and political critique, it examines how these policies fragment genealogical connection, displace indigenous knowledge systems, and fuel internalized anxieties about authenticity and extinction. Drawing on statements by sovereignty leaders Mililani Trask and Lynette Cruz, the essay explores how nationalist calls to ho‘oulu lāhui (reproduce the nation) place disproportionate reproductive burdens on Hawaiian women, often framed within heteronormative, racialized, and even eugenicist logics. While Trask emphasizes …
Shadows Dance In My Head, Cresantia F. Koya Vaka'uta
Shadows Dance In My Head, Cresantia F. Koya Vaka'uta
Pacific Studies
This emotionally charged poem captures the fragmentation of memory, longing, and betrayal through rich sensory imagery and stream-of-consciousness form. The speaker grapples with a haunting relationship marked by absence, desire, and spiritual dissonance. Religious symbols like rosaries and puja sit beside visceral images of movement, scent, and violence, evoking a clash between sacred ritual and raw human emotion. A mysterious woman—sensual, spectral, unattainable—symbolizes the speaker’s loss and powerlessness. The poem loops, returning to “shadows” and “silence,” suggesting the persistent echo of emotional trauma and unresolved yearning.
Pele, Hi‘Iaka, And Haumea: Women And Power In Two Hawaiian Mo‘Olelo, Noenoe Silva
Pele, Hi‘Iaka, And Haumea: Women And Power In Two Hawaiian Mo‘Olelo, Noenoe Silva
Pacific Studies
This paper examines two Hawaiian mo‘olelo published in Hawaiian in 1861 and 1905 for representations of powerful female characters. These characters are seen to be human, divine, and parts of the landscape all at once. The paper argues that the elaborated stories as literature have been lost in the processes of colonialism that eroded and nearly eradicated the Hawaiian language; the stories have been replaced with caricatures, distorted translations, and other simulacra that work to reinforce stereotypes about Hawaiians. A successful revitalization of the Hawaiian language that allowed most people to be able to read this literature would work as …
Fijian Women As Orators: Exceptions To “Tradition”?: Theresa Koroivulaono Interviewed By Caroline Sinavaiana And J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Caroline Sinavaiana, J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Fijian Women As Orators: Exceptions To “Tradition”?: Theresa Koroivulaono Interviewed By Caroline Sinavaiana And J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Caroline Sinavaiana, J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Pacific Studies
This interview examines the position of Fijian women through the structures of formulaic, ceremonial, oral narratives that provide the framework within which Fijian rituals and customs are enacted. A specific ceremony, the Kau Ni Matani Gone, which marks a person’s first visit to her/his mother’s or father’s village, informs the discussion on changing gender constructs. Research included fieldwork in Fiji and involved both the examination of written history and conducting interviews to collect information on Fijian oral traditions and history. Examining the position of Fijian women in modern society with recourse to traditional elements that have defined their identity provides …
Vol. 30, No. 1/2 (2007): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Brigham Young University–HawaiʻI
Vol. 30, No. 1/2 (2007): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Brigham Young University–HawaiʻI
Pacific Studies
Front Matter for the Vol. 30, No 1/2-March/June 2007 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal. Special Issue: Women Writing Oceania: Weaving the Sails of Vaka
Mauri, Alice Te Punga Somerville
Mauri, Alice Te Punga Somerville
Pacific Studies
This evocative poem is a quiet meditation on memory, mourning, and the enduring presence of a loved one. The white wreath becomes a sacred object—part keepsake, part spirit vessel—tied to a deeply personal moment of loss. As the speaker reflects on the wreath’s gentle movement, what might be dismissed as mere wind becomes, for them, a sign of something more: a whisper from beyond, a connection that lingers even in silence.
Sarong/‘Ie Lavalava, Caroline Sinavaiana
Sarong/‘Ie Lavalava, Caroline Sinavaiana
Pacific Studies
These paired poems—one traditional and one contemporary—celebrate love, desire, and cultural identity through the evocative imagery of clothing and voyage. The first, a traditional Samoan poem, uses the lavalava (sarong), siapo (tapa cloth), and the metaphor of anchoring a canoe to express admiration, intimacy, and the quiet finality of choosing a beloved. The second, more modern, mirrors this sentiment with lyrical imagery: a sarong as a flowing connection between nature, memory, and union. Together, they link personal affection with cultural heritage, honoring both bodily adornment and emotional anchorage.
Village Princess, Tusiata Avia
Village Princess, Tusiata Avia
Pacific Studies
This poem reflects on the tension between traditional cultural roles and personal freedom, using the figure of a taupou—an honored ceremonial title in Samoan culture—as a lens. The speaker contrasts their sister’s symbolic beauty and status with her eventual rejection of expectations, choosing instead a life of independence and reinvention in America. The shift from reverence to silence around titles suggests a broader commentary on changing values and the cost of self-determination.
Living Small, Kim Meredith
Living Small, Kim Meredith
Pacific Studies
This story traces Luisa’s quiet reflections during a bus ride through the city and into the suburbs, blending present experiences with vivid memories of a full, familial past. As she recalls life with her husband in her grandparents’ home and her grandmother’s moving speech at her university graduation, we see Luisa grappling with the contrast between her youthful dreams and her current life. Her grandmother once called her “a dreamer” and supported her late-night intellectual curiosity, forging a bond that shaped Luisa’s path. When a coworker sits beside her on the bus, Luisa is drawn back into the present, revealing …
Manōwai, Victoria Nālani Kneubuhl
Manōwai, Victoria Nālani Kneubuhl
Pacific Studies
This story follows Kanoe, a woman who retreats to rural Kona to recover from an emotionally abusive relationship with Frank, a manipulative academic. Through journal-like reflections and quiet moments in the heat-soaked coastal town, Kanoe processes her heartbreak and rediscovers herself. Her interactions with locals—particularly the wise and warm-hearted Luisa—reveal a rhythm of life grounded in history, resilience, and a subtle but profound sense of healing. As Kanoe begins writing again and exploring her surroundings, her journey shifts from escape to restoration, where stories, memory, and new connections light the path forward.
It Began With A Question, Konai Helu Thaman
It Began With A Question, Konai Helu Thaman
Pacific Studies
This poem reflects a quiet, profound moment of surrender and trust. Rooted in timelessness and uncertainty, the speaker is called into action not by clarity, but by faith. Despite feeling disconnected from place and time, they answer a rare question with a brave "yes," grounding themselves in something enduring—a rock that "noticed" them. It’s a meditation on belonging, voice, and hope whispered into a weary world.
Walking With My Grandmothers #1, Jewel Castro
Walking With My Grandmothers #1, Jewel Castro
Pacific Studies
Image of three women, two are grandmothers
The Night Woman, Sia Figiel
The Night Woman, Sia Figiel
Pacific Studies
This evocative poem honors the resilience, knowledge, and sacred power of the “Night Woman”—a symbolic figure who endures judgment and violence from the dominant “Day People.” Though wounded, she hides her pain behind silence and laughter, carrying ancient wisdom of the natural and cosmic world. In a transformative act at the ocean’s edge, she sheds societal expectations (“Day Skin”) to embrace her true self, birthing new generations whose identities are written in the stars. It’s a lyrical celebration of hidden strength, ancestral legacy, and feminine sovereignty.
Diagnosis, Caroline Sinavaiana
Diagnosis, Caroline Sinavaiana
Pacific Studies
This poem captures a moment of tense uncertainty, likely surrounding a medical diagnosis revealed by ultrasound. The natural imagery—sea of shadows, swaying grass, warring rain and wind—mirrors the speaker’s emotional turbulence. Faced with a 50/50 prognosis, they turn inward, preparing for struggle or protection by invoking ancestral strength, symbolized by “ancient arrows” and a tightened bowstring. It’s a poetic meditation on fear, resilience, and readiness in the face of potential loss.
Butterfly Thighs Flutter By The Bye, Rosanna Raymond
Butterfly Thighs Flutter By The Bye, Rosanna Raymond
Pacific Studies
An artwork displaying a woman in sepia tones in front of a background of text.
Waimanalo Litany, Caroline Sinavaiana
Waimanalo Litany, Caroline Sinavaiana
Pacific Studies
This elegiac poem, “Waimanalo Litany,” written in memory of Mahealani Dudoit, is a lyrical meditation on loss, healing, and the sacred presence of place. With vivid imagery of ocean, land, and ancestral spirits, the poet weaves a prayerful plea for mercy and peace across beloved Pacific landscapes. The repeated invocations to the spirits of moana, Koʻolau, Makapuʻu, and Waimānalo evoke a sense of cultural rootedness and spiritual continuity, even amid physical pain and environmental disruption. It is both a personal tribute and a collective chant of remembrance.
My Pigeon, From The Samoan, Caroline Sinavaiana
My Pigeon, From The Samoan, Caroline Sinavaiana
Pacific Studies
This poem is a lyrical elegy expressing love, longing, and loss through the metaphor of a pigeon in flight. Rooted in Samoan tradition, it evokes a deep emotional landscape where nature mirrors the ache of separation. The forest becomes both a literal and symbolic space of mystery and mourning, as the speaker watches and waits in vain for a beloved who has disappeared. Through its gentle cadence and sensory imagery, the poem captures the enduring ache of absence and the hope—however faint—that love might return on silent wings.
Dialoguing Across The Pacific: Kūkā Kūkā And The Cultivation Of Wahine Maoli Identities, Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua, Lana Sue Ka‘O ̄Pua
Dialoguing Across The Pacific: Kūkā Kūkā And The Cultivation Of Wahine Maoli Identities, Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua, Lana Sue Ka‘O ̄Pua
Pacific Studies
Hilihewa ka mana‘o ke‘ole ke kūkākūkā. As thoughts can become miswoven when there is no discussion, so it is with our identities as Wahine Maoli, Native Hawaiian women, and the ensuing choices we make about how to live in this world. Other recent collaborative articles by Kānaka Maoli have used kūkākūkā to refer to face-to-face “talk-story” sessions. This kūkākūkā is different, as one of us is living in Hawai‘i and the other in California. We used e-mail and telephone conversations to enable kūkākūkā spanning distances of time and space. As we communicate across generations and across our ocean home, we …
Not Exotic, Lisa Kahaleole Hall
Not Exotic, Lisa Kahaleole Hall
Pacific Studies
This sensual poem explores desire and self-discovery through the metaphor of mangoes—ripe, tart, messy, and irresistible. The speaker recalls the intense flavors and sensations of mango eating, paralleling them with a complex, bold woman who resists sweetness in favor of spice. It captures the tension between sharp edges and tender longing in a relationship that ripens slowly, but promises depth and heat in time.
Maori Women Researching Ourselves, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Maori Women Researching Ourselves, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Pacific Studies
This essay, based on a keynote address titled "Maori Women and Research: Researching Ourselves," explores the significance of Maori women conducting research on their own identities, experiences, and communities. Challenging the dominance of non-Maori scholarship, the author advocates for self-representation and sovereignty in knowledge production. Drawing from intergenerational dialogue, collective reflection, and lived realities, the essay unpacks questions of gender, cultural protocol, positionality, and access within Maori society. It highlights the layered complexities faced by Maori women researchers—navigating traditional expectations, community dynamics, and academic gatekeeping—while affirming the transformative power of research as a tool for empowerment, reclamation, and cultural continuity.
Walking With My Grandmothers #2, Jewel Castro
Walking With My Grandmothers #2, Jewel Castro
Pacific Studies
Artwork portrays three women, two are grandmothers.
Prologue: Special Issue Women Writing Oceania–Weaving The Sails Of Vaka, Caroline Sinavaiana, J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Prologue: Special Issue Women Writing Oceania–Weaving The Sails Of Vaka, Caroline Sinavaiana, J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Pacific Studies
This editorial introduction to Women Writing Oceania reflects on the physical, emotional, and spiritual toll of neocolonial legacies in the Pacific, especially among indigenous women. Editors, writing as activist-scholars, discuss the urgency of storytelling as survival, anchoring their reflections in personal experiences with illness, loss, and the weight of cultural and academic responsibilities. Framed by the broader health and social crises facing Oceanic communities, the collection is both testimony and tribute—dedicated to resilience, community, and the healing power of collective indigenous voice.