Naslov
Multiculturalism on the Slippery Ground of Hawaiian Regionalism (Heads by Harry by Lois-Ann Yamanaka)

Autori
Troskot, Slavica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
2nd CELLTTS Second International Conference on English Language, Literature, Teaching and Translation Studies / Anglophone (Inter)Cultural Negotiations: Multiculturalism and Globalization in the Era of Uncertainty, Proceedings

Urednik/ci
Đuliman, Selma ; Čirić-Fazlija, Ifeta ; Šoštarić Sanja

Izdavač
Dobra Knjiga

Grad
Sarajevo

Godina
2018

Raspon stranica
360-374

ISBN
978-9958-27-411-4

Ključne riječi
Hawaiian multiculturalism, local culture, aloha spirit, Asian American Pacific Studies, settler/immigrant/native

Sažetak
The article focuses on the discussion of multiculturalism in the Hawaiian setting and the represenatation of the concept in the novel Heads by Harry (1999) written by Lois-Ann Yamanaka, one of the most interesting and controversial contemporary Hawaiian local writers. As a branch of American literature (Sumida, 1991) Hawaiian literary studies are an amalgamation reflecting the complex mixture of the poly-racial, multicultural society, whose locality plays an important role for the apprehension of its historical development, its contemporaneity as well as of its future projections. The analysis problematizes the discussion drawing from Nathan Glazer's understanding of multiculturalism, Rob Wilson's conceptions of 'locality' and Rona Tamiko Halualani's elaboration of the concept of 'aloha' that embodies the very essence of the acceptance of the other. The analysis tackles the question of the differentiation within the field of Asian American Pacific Studies, as well as the question of heterogenos approach to the American project (Grgas, 2014 ; Dvorak, 2015). As a cultural insider, according to critics, the Hawaiian bard, Yamanaka, unmasks the idea of Hawaiian multiculturalism, stranded in the backstreets of the island, among the lower class Hawaiians of Hilo, Hawaii, in the working class family of Japanese Americans and offers a reconsideration of the multicultural myth in the contemporary vibrant Hawaiian society.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Književnost

Napomena
Knjiga je izdana kao zbornik radova sa 2. CELLTTS
konferencije Odsjeka za anglistiku Filozofskog
fakulteta u Sarajevu

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