{"product_id":"ʻaina-hanau-birth-land","title":"ʻĀina Hānau \/ Birth Land","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover, 160 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracing flows from the mountains to the ocean, from the sky to the earth, and from ancestor to mother to child, the poems in \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eĀina Hānau \/ Birth Land \u003c\/i\u003eare rooted in the rich ancestral and contemporary literature of Hawaiʻi —moʻolelo, moʻokūʻauhau, and mele —honoring Hawaiian ʻāina, culture, language, histories, aesthetics, and futures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe poems \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecycle through sacred and personal narratives while exposing and fighting ongoing American imperialism, settler colonialism, militarism, and social and environmental injustice to protect the ʻāina and its people. The ongoing environmental crisis in Hawaiʻi, inextricably linked to colonialism and tourism, is captured with stark intensity as McDougall writes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eViolence is what we settle for \/ because we’ve been led to believe \/ green paper can feed us \/ more than green land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The experiences of birth, motherhood, miscarriage, and the power of Native Hawaiian traditions and self-advocacy in an often dismissive medical system is powerfully narrated by the speaker of the titular poem, written for McDougall’s daughters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Āina Hānau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reflects on what it means to be from and belong to an ʻāina hānau, as well as what it means to be an ‘āina hānau, as all mothers serve as the first birth lands for their children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicago Distribution Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45160614592794,"sku":"9780816548354","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0465\/5765\/9302\/files\/9780816548354-683x1024.jpg?v=1685139113","url":"https:\/\/na-mea-hawai-i.myshopify.com\/products\/%ca%bbaina-hanau-birth-land","provider":"Hawaiian Council dba Nā Mea Hawaiʻi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}