"Got race?" The production of haole and the distortion of indigeneity in the Rice decision

Contemporary Pacific

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-31

  Rohrer, Judy ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Critical race theory; Hawai'i; Indigeneity; Law; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ETHNICITY; RACE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32644468577     PISSN: 1043898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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