Voices of Social Justice and Diversity in a Hawai'i Context

Grandparents, Grandchildren, Schools, Communities, and Churches
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-38752-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 130, 620 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 953 g

Reihe: Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education

This book presents nuanced small-scale studies and reflective essays, and is about voices of contemporary grandparents and grandchildren living in the State of Hawai'i which is rapidly going through economic, social, educational, and cultural transformation ushered in by forces of globalization and McDonaldization of society.

Hawai‘i is generally known as a great tourist destination that is no less than an imagined paradise. Hawai‘i is more than solely a site for tourism; it has a culturally and socially diverse population, and has a contested social history. In this context, in a deeper sense, the book gives the reader glimpses of family members at the level of intimacy among themselves in their place based situated interactions in today’s Hawai‘i. In its real essence, this book is an authentic collection of research papers, short stories, anecdotes, memories and reminiscences; of aloha (love, compassion, kindness) and mahalo (thanks, respect, and praise); of longing and search for legacy by diasporic elders, immigrants, settlers, American citizens, hyphenated Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders; by grandparents and grandchildren of diverse and multiple ethnicities, cultures, and races who have struggled hard through many decades to make Hawai‘i their permanent and beloved home and place, or long-term residence to live and raise their families.

The set of self-narratives in this book may have significant implications for understanding the process of aging in the State of Hawai'i; for social aging is both an individual and a social process in the sense that an individual’s biography is intimately related to her/his society’s biography. For “doing” roles such as being grandparents and grandchildren are heavily defined and structured by prevailing social and cultural processes.

The book may be useful for educators and students who are working and studying in areas such as education, sociology of family, social work, local and global social change, indigenous cultures and societies, alternative modernities and indigenizing social movements, race and ethnic relations, settler societies, social justice, health care, social gerontology, diaspora and immigration studies, and those working with youth in communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Singh, Amarjit

Simanu-Klutz, M. Luafata

Devine, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Affektive, soziale und ethische Ziele in der Erziehung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

About the Contributors and Authors

Notes on the Editors

Permissions for Reprinted Chapters

Introduction: Wanting to Be Part of Something

Amarjit Singh

Part 1: Brief Historical and Social Contexts

1. Against Extinction: A Legacy of Native Hawaiian Resistance Literature

D. Mahealani Dudoit

2. Hawai‘i: Strategic Considerations for Social Struggles

Ibrahim G. Aoudé

3. The Significance of Local

Eric K. Yamamoto

4. A Short History of Workers’ Struggles in Hawai‘i

John witeck

5. Teaching Amid U.S. Occupation: Sovereignty, Survival, and Social Studies in a Native Hawaiian Charter School

Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘opua, Willy Kauai, Kaleilehua Maioho and ‘Imaikalani Winchester

Part 2: Pacific Islands, Pacific Islanders at Home and in Diaspora in the State of Hawai‘i and Mainland U.S.

6. Pacific Islands: A Brief Geo-Political, Social, and Cultural Context

M. Luafata Simanu-Klutz

7. Tongan grandparents and grandchildren: The Impact of Grandparenting

Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi

8. Continuities and Changes in Marshallese Grandparenting

Laurence Marshall Carucci

9. Samoan Grandmothers in Hawai.i: Weaving Grandchildren into the Family Fabric

Susan J. Wurtzburg

10. Pacific Islanders: “Grand” Voices from Hawai.i

M. Luafata Simanu-Klutz

Part 3: Voices of Multicultural, “Local,” and Diverse Grandparents in Hawai.i

11. MALama Pono: A Sansei Reflects on Sovereignty

Naomi Sodani

12. The Story of Mrs. Nakajiki and Her Family in Ibaraki

Branden Clark

13. Foreign Grandparents and Parenting in Society Today

Allen John A. Namoca

14. Sociology of Aging: An Outlook on Aging and the Filipino American Perspective

Chantelle Esteban

15. Grandparenting in Hawai.i: A Second Generation Japanese Perspective

Narumi Utashiro

16. Grandparenting across Diverse Cultures

Elibel Berrios

17. A Part-Hawaiian Family Living in the Modern World: Parenting Styles and Passing on Beliefs and Values to the Next Generation

Alexis Panoncillo

18. Filipino Grandparents in Hawai.i

Natalie Muzzini

19. The Role of Our Grandparents in Hawai.i During a Time of Globalization

Leilani Mitchell

20. The Land of the Free: A Grandparent’s Story of Adjusting to the USA

Allison Runes

21. Grandparenting in Diverse Cultures

Ashley Kuang

22. Voices of Samoan Grandparents and Grandchildren living in Hawai.i and Samoa

Penitito Faalologo

23. From Being a Grandchild in Palestine to Being a Son, Husband and Father in a Bicultural/Multicultural Family: Doing Grandparenting in a Diverse Ethnic and Racial Hawai.i in the Unted States

Greg Trifonovitch

24. The Changing Tutu: Grandparenting in Hawai.i Influenced by Globalization

Hannah Taua

25. A Fascinating Multicultural Learning Experience: The Grandparenting of Skye, Jett, and Amanda

John Witeck (with input from Lucy Witeck)

Part 4: Remembering Legacies Passed on by Their Grandparents: Voices of Young Contemporary Grandchildren in Hawai.i

26. My Grandparents

Tiffany Blanco

27. Legacy of Grandparents

Brian Yi

28. Social Legacy: What I Have Learned from My Parents and Their Parents

Chiedozie Orji

29. The Imprint of My Grandmother’s Social Legacy

Cheyenna McCartin

30. Grandparents’ Social Legacy

Vaimoana Atonio

31. Tuamasaga Tonise Sala

Sina Auomanu

32. What My Grandparents Have Taught Me

Sheree Kanekoa

33. My Grandparents’ Legacy

Charleen McDuffie

34. Family Is Forever

Sotaro Fujii

35. Our Grandparents Then

Susana Bermudez

36. Forwards, Backwards, Reflections

Geno Poloni

37. My Daddy

Mereane E. Carlise

38. Reflections

Karleen Meyer

39. Grandparent Reflection Essay

Caryn Lesuma

40. The End from the Beginning: Discovering the Grandparents I Never Knew

Christine Mahelona

41. Na Ola O Ko’U Mau Kupuna (The Lives of My Ancestors)

Ka’iuonalani Lewis

42. The Values of My Grandmother Sui

Thomas Sho Khorana

43. Ka Wa Ma Hope

Ramsey Aviu

44. A Diverse People United by Shared Hopes and Values

Kulamau‘ukomohana (Kula) Francis Companion

45. An Autobiographical Narrative: Legacies of My Biological Grandparents and My “Hanai” Chinese Grandmother in Hawai‘i

Jessica Henao

Part 5: Short Reflections by Grandchildren

46. Iris Qasevakatini (Fijian)

47. Tania Vaea (Tongan)

48. Renise La’a (Tongan)

49. Rusty Hue Sing (Local Hawaiian)

50. Helen Fale (Tongan)

51. Thomas Herrera (Samoan)

52. Victoria Flick (local Caucasian)

53. Elizabeth Vaea (Tongan)

54. Kana’ai Keanani—White (Native Hawaiian)

55. Branson Monaco (Filipino)

56. Sierra Yamaguchi (Samoan)

57. Robert Godinet (Samoan)

58. Kenneth Neo (Korean)

59. Marietta Lafaeli (Samoan)

60. Briana Ribillia-Ramones (Filipino)

61. Angela Gabriel (Native Hawaiian)

Part 6: Future Grandparents

62. My Tutu Wahine O Hawai.i: Planning Grandparenting for the Future

Kuulei Arizo

63. Planning to Be a Grandparent

Anthony-John Tolentino

64. There Are More Things in Life than Being Stressed about Work

Brooks Cottong

65. I Will Stress the Importance of Education to My Kids

Chad McLay

66. Future Grandparent

Juvie Varela

67. We Need to Teach the Next Generation How the Society Is Now and How Society Was Before; We Must Make Them Know That They Don’t Have to Live Hype Society

Kawaiaalaopiilani Mahoe

68. My Future: How the Hawaiian Islands Shaped My Legacy

Rachel Valencia

69. Being Near or Around Is the Best Thing for the Soul

Ruben Fierro

70. I Want My Grandchildren to Know Where They Came from

Ariana Homayun

Part 7: Reflective Questions

71. Reflective Questions

Mike Devine

Über Autor(innen)

Amarjit Singh is Professor of Education at Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, teaching there since 1970. BSc. Hons. Agriculture (1964, Pantnagar Agri. Uni., India), M.Ed. (Illinois, Champaign-Urbana 1966), Ph.D., Education (Sociology of Education, Michigan State University 1972), MPH (Gerontology, University of Hawai‘i-Manoa 1984). He co-edited four books on diasporic grandparents.

M. Luafata Simanu-Klutz, Ph.D. (2011), University of Hawai‘i-Manoa, is Assistant Professor teaching Samoan language and literature. She has published articles, translations, book reviews, poetry, and co-edited a special issue of the Amerasia Journal (UCLA) about Pacific languages in diaspora.

Mike Devine, Ph.D. (2006), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at Memorial University. He has published articles related to organizational development and grandparenting, including two books on grandparenting.