Sā Nafanuā
Reconstituting Nafanua as Female Empowerment in Samoan Diasporic Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2794940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caryn Lesuma (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue | 525 |
| Pages | 260-274 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5406/jamerfolk.132.525.0260 |
| OpenAlex | W2959828409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
Works by Samoan poets mobilize stories about the war-goddess Nafanua as a symbol for Samoan empowerment through cultural revitalization. I analyze these poems using an Oceanic framework based on Selina Marsh's concept of mana tama'ita'i, which outlines an Indigenous approach to reading poetry by Pacific Islands women, and ku'ualoha ho'omanawanui's reworking of Indigenous literary nationalism, which reveals these texts as representative of a Samoan literary identity that is inclusive of the complexities of diaspora and postmodernity. Nafanua's central role in shaping cultural identity underscores the power of narrative to imagine and actualize decolonial futures for Samoans
Empowerment · Genealogy · Linguistics · Political science · Samoan · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Gender Studies · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |