Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
white men and Native women together,
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
mutual and consensual.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
required Hawaiians to further depend on the military as their patron.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
disguising military authority as island hospitality.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
The emergence of the misnamed luau is tied to the Euro-American militarization of Hawai‘i, as waves of American
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
Furthermore, Luau produces a gendered regulation of Native bodies.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
Like earlier generations of hula dancers who toured the continental United States during the colonization of the islands, performers inserted their own counter-colonial performances, desires, and tactics into militouristic scripts. They reappropriated militarized time and land according to their own interests.113 Their participation in wartime ente
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military officers in the 1830s and 1840s were treated to feasts and entertainment by ali‘i (chiefs).