Waipi'o valley, a cultural kipuka in early 20th Century Hawaii
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9074632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Davianna Pōmaika'i McGregor, Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 194-209 |
| Publication date | 1995-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pacific History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3344 • E-ISSN: 1469-9605 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00223349508572795 |
| OpenAlex | W2002966266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
How has it been possible for Hawaiians to persist and survive as a distinct and unique people while under direct rule by the United States of America during the 20th century? Here it is argued that just as kipuka, or oases of forest in otherwise barren lava fields, are the source for continual regeneration of the volcanic rainforest, isolated rural Hawaiian communities have served as ‘cultural kipuka’ for the regeneration of Hawaiian culture in the 20th century. To introduce this new framework of examining the history of the Hawaiian people, the history of change and continuity in the remote valley of Waipi'o is described
Biology · Ethnology · Geography · Lava · Rainforest · Regeneration (biology) · Volcano · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Ecology · Geology · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Research in Social Sciences
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |