Heterotopic postmemories of an actual homeland : recollections and reclamations of Hawai'i

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dc.contributor.authorLedoux, Aileen
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorMair, Kimberly
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-06T17:21:05Z
dc.date.available2015-10-06T17:21:05Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this study, I propose the concept of heterotopic postmemory as a theoretical reworking of Michel Foucault’s method of heterotopology and Tonya K. Davidson’s elaboration of postmemories of lost or virtual spaces. Although postmemory is often used in conjunction with lost or virtual spaces of diasporic populations, Hawaiians encounter postmemories of an actual space while residing within it. My thesis formulates the theoretical-methodological device of heterotopic postmemory by considering the program of Kamehameha Schools as well as their Annual Song Contest, the Royal Hawaiian Center, hula, place names, and photographic renderings of Hawai’i as motivated by heterotopic postmemory; such postmemory attempts to contest and reverse colonial understandings of Hawai’i as an American, Anglophone, and tourist site. The concept of heterotopic postmemory contributes to memory studies by spatializing postmemory and it enables the study of colonial and post-colonial spaces where memory is a crucial site of social struggle.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3762
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0326en_US
dc.proquest.subject0344en_US
dc.proquest.subject0631en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectHawaiiansen_US
dc.subjectheterotopicen_US
dc.subjectKamehameha Schoolsen_US
dc.subjectlost spacesen_US
dc.subjectpostmemoryen_US
dc.subjectvirtual spacesen_US
dc.titleHeterotopic postmemories of an actual homeland : recollections and reclamations of Hawai'ien_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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