{"product_id":"walk-in-pre-order-remembering-our-intimacies-moʻolelo-aloha-ʻaina-and-ea","title":"Remembering Our Intimacies Moʻolelo, Aloha ʻĀina, and Ea","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"handle\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"handle\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"handle\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUniversity of Minnesota Press || 232 pages || Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHawaiian “aloha ʻāina” is often described in Western political terms—nationalism, nationhood, even patriotism. In\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemembering Our Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio centers in on the personal and embodied articulations of aloha ʻāina to detangle it from the effects of colonialism and occupation. Working at the intersections of Hawaiian knowledge, Indigenous queer theory, and Indigenous feminisms, Remembering Our Intimacies seeks to recuperate Native Hawaiian concepts and ethics around relationality, desire, and belonging firmly grounded in the land, memory, and the body of Native Hawai’i.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemembering Our Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eargues for the methodology of (re)membering Indigenous forms of intimacies. It does so through the metaphor of a ‘\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eupena\u003c\/i\u003e—a net of intimacies that incorporates the variety of relationships that exist for Kānaka Maoli. It uses a close reading of the moʻolelo (history and literature) of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele to provide context and interpretation of Hawaiian intimacy and desire by describing its significance in Kānaka Maoli epistemology and why this matters profoundly for Hawaiian (and other Indigenous) futures. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOffering a new approach to understanding one of Native Hawaiians’ most significant values,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemembering Our Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals the relationships between the policing of Indigenous bodies, intimacies, and desires; the disembodiment of Indigenous modes of governance; and the ongoing and ensuing displacement of Indigenous people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chicago Distribution Center","offers":[{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":41453715161254,"sku":"9781517910303","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0465\/5765\/9302\/products\/image_c425b6dd-9644-4d3b-9a69-204ec523078f.jpg?v=1633514147","url":"https:\/\/na-mea-hawai-i.myshopify.com\/products\/walk-in-pre-order-remembering-our-intimacies-mo%ca%bbolelo-aloha-%ca%bbaina-and-ea","provider":"Hawaiian Council dba Nā Mea Hawaiʻi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}