{"product_id":"finding-meaning-kaona-and-contemporary-hawaiian-literature-9780816537945","title":"Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brandy Nalani McDougall\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - Regional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Native American Literature Symposium's Beatrice Medicine Award for Published Monograph\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this first extensive study of contemporary Hawaiian literature, Brandy Nalani McDougall examines a vibrant selection of fiction, poetry, and drama by emerging and established Hawaiian authors, including Haunani-Kay Trask, John Dominis Holt, Imaikalani Kalahele, and Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. At the center of the analysis is a hallmark of Hawaiian aesthetics--kaona, the intellectual practice of hiding and finding meaning that encompasses the allegorical, the symbolic, the allusive, and the figurative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a poet's attention to detail, McDougall interprets examples of kaona, guiding readers through olelo no'eau (proverbs)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003emo'olelo (literature and histories), and mooku'auhau (genealogies) alongside their contemporary literary descendants, unveiling complex layers of Hawaiian identity, culture, history, politics, and ecology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout, McDougall asserts that \"kaona connectivity\" not only carries bright possibilities for connecting the present to the past, but it may also ignite a decolonial future. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eFinding Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e affirms the tremendous power of Indigenous stories and genealogies to give activism and decolonization movements lasting meaning.","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595601526935,"sku":"9780816537945","price":3344.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780816537945.webp?v=1774990410","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/finding-meaning-kaona-and-contemporary-hawaiian-literature-9780816537945","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}