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Book Frank DeLima s Joke Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank DeLima
  • Publisher : Bess PressInc
  • Release : 1991-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780935848977
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Frank DeLima s Joke Book written by Frank DeLima and published by Bess PressInc. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jokes and song lyrics from Hawai'i's favorite comedian.

Book The Sum of Our Parts

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  • Author : Teresa Williams-León
  • Publisher : Temple University Press
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9781566398473
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book The Sum of Our Parts written by Teresa Williams-León and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays focuses on the construction of identity among people of Asian descent who claim multiple heritage. In their consideration of people of mixed Asian identities, the contributors to this study disrupt standard discussions.

Book The Da Lima Code

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  • Author : Jerry Hopkins
  • Publisher : Bess Press
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781573062701
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book The Da Lima Code written by Jerry Hopkins and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Deadly Wager

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  • Author : Elaine Hatfield
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2005-03
  • ISBN : 1413480039
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book Deadly Wager written by Elaine Hatfield and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadly Wager: A Kate MacKinnon Murder Mystery Elaine Hatfield & Richard L. Rapson Book Description A crack of gunfire and Ace MacKinnon, a Narcotics/Vice detective with the Hawaii Police Department lies dead. A few hours later, his daughter Caitlyn MacKinnon, a Hawaiian Studies graduate student, hears from her mother Annie that her father has been killed. Kate is perplexed to discover that Chief Fixxxa Nishida has advised her mother that, although the evidence suggests that Ace committed suicide, he will arrange things so that the death looks like an accident. What is going on? In the course of Kate's investigation, she meets an old friend, Detective Sergeant David Ka ala Gresham. Although Kate is determined not to get involved romantically with Ka ala, he is an invaluable asset in searching for her father's killer. Their search takes them through the dark political murk of Hawaii politics, cultural clashes, honor-systems within honor-systems, racial tensions, and criminal wheeling-and-dealing in the 50th State. In the end, when Kate and Ka ala have given up all hope of ever discovering who killed Ace MacKinnon, they stumble on a crucial bit of evidence a starburst Christmas decoration that casts a new and blinding light on Ace's shocking past. The answer to the mystery of "Who killed Ace MacKinnon" is not one they would have hoped for, however. Deadly Wager is different from most crime stories both in character and locale. Kate and Ka ala are both Native Hawaiians. In the course of the investigation we learn a great deal about Hawaiian history and customs, the story of an ancient princess, the Hawaiian sovereignty fight, culture wars, K-bars, police connections to organized crime, illegal gambling, and cockfights. The exotic locale and atmosphere of this detective tale contributes to its fun . . . and suspense. This story is unique, in that (since the Charlie Chan mysteries in the 1930s) there has never been a detective series set in Hawaii. The detectives on the two big TV shows that were produced: Hawaii Five-0 and Tom Selleck's Magnum PI, were Caucasians; Ka ala is a full-blooded Hawaiian and Kate MacKinnon is a part-Hawaiian (a hapa-haoli) and a Hawaiian sovereignty activist. This book will give you a vivid sense of life in 21st century Hawaii.

Book The Food of Paradise

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  • Author : Rachel Laudan
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 1996-08-01
  • ISBN : 9780824817787
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book The Food of Paradise written by Rachel Laudan and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent winner of a prestigious award from the Julia Child Cookbook Awards, presented by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Lauden was given the 1997 Jane Grigson Award, presented to the book that, more than any other entered in the competition, exemplifies distinguished scholarship. Hawaii has one of the richest culinary heritages in the United States. Its contemporary regional cuisine, known as "local food" by residents, is a truly amazing fusion of diverse culinary influences. Rachel Laudan takes readers on a thoughtful, wide-ranging tour of Hawaii's farms and gardens, fish auctions and vegetable markets, fairs and carnivals, mom-and-pop stores and lunch wagons, to uncover the delightful complexities and incongruities in Hawaii's culinary history. More than 150 recipes, photographs, a bibliography of Hawaii's cookbooks, and an extensive glossary make The Food of Paradise an invaluable resource for cooks, food historians, and Hawaiiana buffs.

Book Humor

Download or read book Humor written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Beyond Yellow English

Download or read book Beyond Yellow English written by Angela Reyes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Yellow English is the first edited volume to examine issues of language, identity, and culture among the rapidly growing Asian Pacific American (APA) population. The distinguished contributors-who represent a broad range of perspectives from anthropology, sociolinguistics, English, and education-focus on the analysis of spoken interaction and explore multiple facets of the APA experience. Authors cover topics such as media representations of APAs; codeswitching and language crossing; and narratives of ethnic identity. The collection examines the experiences of Asian Pacific Americans of different ethnicities, generations, ages, and geographic locations across home, school, community, and performance sites.

Book Cook Real Hawai i

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  • Author : Sheldon Simeon
  • Publisher : Clarkson Potter
  • Release : 2021-03-30
  • ISBN : 1984825836
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Cook Real Hawai i written by Sheldon Simeon and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Hawaiian cooking, by a two-time Top Chef finalist and Fan Favorite, through 100 recipes that embody the beautiful cross-cultural exchange of the islands. ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker • ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Taste of Home, Vice, Serious Eats Even when he was winning accolades and adulation for his cooking, two-time Top Chef finalist Sheldon Simeon decided to drop what he thought he was supposed to cook as a chef. He dedicated himself instead to the local Hawai‘i food that feeds his ‘ohana—his family and neighbors. With uncomplicated, flavor-forward recipes, he shows us the many cultures that have come to create the cuisine of his beloved home: the native Hawaiian traditions, Japanese influences, Chinese cooking techniques, and dynamic Korean, Portuguese, and Filipino flavors that are closest to his heart. Through stunning photography, poignant stories, and dishes like wok-fried poke, pork dumplings made with biscuit dough, crispy cauliflower katsu, and charred huli-huli chicken slicked with a sweet-savory butter glaze, Cook Real Hawai‘i will bring a true taste of the cookouts, homes, and iconic mom and pop shops of Hawai‘i into your kitchen.

Book Making Majorities

Download or read book Making Majorities written by Dru C. Gladney and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Majorities are made, not born. This book argues that there are no pure majorities in the Asia-Pacific region, broadly defined, nor in the West, and challenges the thesis that civilizations are composed of more or less homogeneous cultures. The 14 contributors argue that emphasis on minority/majority rights is based on uncritically accepted views of purity, numerical superiority, and social consensus.

Book Building Filipino Hawai i

Download or read book Building Filipino Hawai i written by Roderick N Labrador and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on ten years of interviews and ethnographic and archival research, Roderick Labrador delves into the ways Filipinos in Hawai'i have balanced their pursuit of upward mobility and mainstream acceptance with a desire to keep their Filipino identity. In particular, Labrador speaks to the processes of identity making and the politics of representation among immigrant communities striving to resist marginalization in a globalized, transnational era. Critiquing the popular image of Hawai'i as a postracial paradise, he reveals how Filipino immigrants talk about their relationships to the place(s) they left and the place(s) where they've settled, and how these discourses shape their identities. He also shows how the struggle for community empowerment, identity territorialization, and the process of placing and boundary making continue to affect how minority groups construct the stories they tell about themselves, to themselves and others.

Book People and Cultures of Hawaii

Download or read book People and Cultures of Hawaii written by Thomas W. Maretzki and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a significant update to the highly influential text People and Cultures of Hawaii: A Psychocultural Profile. Since its publication in 1980, the immigrant groups it discusses in depth have matured and new ones have been added to the mix. The present work tracks the course of these changes over the past twenty years, constructing a historical understanding of each group as it evolved from race to ethnicity to culture. Individual chapters begin with an overview of one of fifteen groups. Following the development of its unique ethnocultural identity, distinctive character traits such as temperament and emotional expression are explored—as well as ethnic stereotypes. Also discussed are modifications to the group’s ethnocultural identity over time and generational change—which traits may have changed over generations and which are more hardwired or enduring. An important feature of each chapter is the focus on the group’s family social structure, generational and gender roles, power distribution, and central values and life goals. Readers will also find a description of the group’s own internal social class structure, social and political strategies, and occupational and educational patterns. Finally, contributors consider how a particular ethnic group has blended into Hawai‘i’s culturally sensitive society. People and Cultures of Hawai‘i: The Evolution of Culture and Ethnicity will, like its predecessor, fill an important niche in understanding the history of different ethnic groups in Hawai‘i.

Book Pragmatics

Download or read book Pragmatics written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Beyond Ethnicity

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  • Author : Camilla Fojas
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2018-03-31
  • ISBN : 0824873521
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book Beyond Ethnicity written by Camilla Fojas and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by scholars of various disciplines, the essays in this volume dig beneath the veneer of Hawai‘i’s myth as a melting pot paradise to uncover historical and complicated cross-racial dynamics. Race is not the primary paradigm through which Hawai‘i is understood. Instead, ethnic difference is celebrated as a sign of multicultural globalism that designates Hawai‘i as the crossroads of the Pacific. Racial inequality is disruptive to the tourist image of the islands. It ruptures the image of tolerance, diversity, and happiness upon which tourism, business, and so many other vested transnational interests in the islands are based. The contributors of this interdisciplinary volume reconsider Hawai‘i as a model of ethnic and multiracial harmony through the lens of race in their analysis of historical events, group relations and individual experiences, and humor, among other focal points. Beyond Ethnicity examines the dynamics between race, ethnicity, and indigeneity to challenge the primacy of ethnicity and cultural practices for examining difference in Hawai‘i while recognizing the significant role of settler colonialism. This original and thought-provoking volume reveals what a racial analysis illuminates about the current political configuration of the islands and, in doing so, challenges how we conceptualize race on the continent. Recognizing the ways that Native Hawaiians or Kānaka Maoli are impacted by shifting, violent, and hierarchical colonial structures that include racial inequalities, the editors and contributors explore questions of personhood and citizenship through language, land, labor, and embodiment. By admitting to these tensions and ambivalences, the editors set the pace and tempo of powerfully argued essays that engage with the various ways that Kānaka Maoli and the influx of differentially racialized settlers continue to shift the social, political, and cultural terrains of the Hawaiian Islands over time.

Book Intercultural Communication in Asia  Education  Language and Values

Download or read book Intercultural Communication in Asia Education Language and Values written by Andy Curtis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents in-depth studies on leading themes in education policy and intercultural communication in contemporary Asia, covering empirical as well as theoretical approaches, and offering both an in-depth investigation of their implications, and a synthesis of areas where these topics cohere and point to advances in description, analysis and theory, policy and applications. The studies address key questions that are essential to the future of education in an Asia where intercultural communication is ever more important with the rise of the ASEAN Economic Community and other international initiatives. These questions include the properties of the increasing globalisation of communication and how it plays out in Asia, especially but not exclusively with reference to English, and how we can place intercultural communication in this context, as well as studies that highlight intercultural communication and its underlying value systems and ideologies in Asia.

Book Resistance and Representation

Download or read book Resistance and Representation written by Janice Jipson and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of photographs and poems celebrating Black dolls from around the world; includes historical background about some of the dolls.

Book Infant Tongues

Download or read book Infant Tongues written by Elizabeth Goodenough and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Using various critical approaches and disciplines, 20 contributors examine the representation of children in literature from the Renaissance to the present. The essays cover problems in imitation of speech and dialect, uses of narrative voice, creative development of child writers, and shifting cultural conceptions of childhood, illustrating the way children's voices have often been mediated, modified, or appropriated by adult writers." -- Book News, Inc.

Book Mixed Laughter

    Book Details:
  • Author : Darby Li Po Price
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 614 pages

Download or read book Mixed Laughter written by Darby Li Po Price and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: