Finding Meaning

Finding Meaning
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9780816531981
ISBN-13 : 0816531986
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Book Synopsis Finding Meaning by : Brandy Nalani McDougall

Download or read book Finding Meaning written by Brandy Nalani McDougall and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Native American Literature Symposium's Beatrice Medicine Award for Published Monograph The first extensive study of contemporary Hawaiian literature, Finding Meaning examines kaona, the practice of hiding and finding meaning, for its profound connectivity. Through kaona, author Brandy Nalani McDougall affirms the tremendous power of Indigenous stories and genealogies to give lasting meaning to decolonization movements.


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