Hawaii Nei: Island Plays

✍ Scribed by Victoria Nālani Kneubuhl

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Hawaii Nei brings together three plays by one of Hawaii's finest playwrights. A compassionate portrait of early nineteenth- century Hawaii, "The Conversion of Kaahumanu" charts the lives of five women during the traumatic, transforming events that followed Western contact. Set in post-World War II Hawaii, "Emmalehua" tells the story of a young Hawaiian woman struggling to preserve a cherished cultural heritage in a world eager to forget the past and embrace the new American dream. Through history, humor, and a whodunnit plot, the past and present collide in "Ola Na Iwi," which explores the issues surrounding the treatment of indigenous human remains.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu
Foreword
The Cast of Characters. The Set. Time and Place
Text
Emmalehua
Foreword
The Cast of Characters. The Set. Time And Place
Text
Ola Nā Iwi (The Bones Live)
Foreword
The Cast of Characters. The Set. Time and Place
Text