The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen
Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History
Duke University Press · Print & ebook · May 12, 2017
In The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen Noenoe K. Silva reconstructs the indigenous intellectual history of a culture where—using Western standards—none is presumed to exist.
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- Who it’s for
- Noenoe K. Silva traces how two Hawaiian writers preserved ancestral knowledge in newspaper work.
- Genres
- Asian American Studies, Western U.S. History, Indigenous Studies
- Published
- Duke University Press, May 12, 2017
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In The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen Noenoe K. Silva reconstructs the indigenous intellectual history of a culture where—using Western standards—none is presumed to exist. Silva examines the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian writers—Joseph Ho‘ona‘auao K?nepu‘u (1824–ca. 1885) and Joseph Moku‘?hai Poepoe (1852–1913)—to show how the rich intellectual history preserved in Hawaiian-language newspapers is key to understanding Native Hawaiian epistemology and ontology.
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In their newspaper articles, geographical surveys, biographies, historical narratives, translations, literatures, political and economic analyses, and poetic works, K?nepu‘u and Poepoe created a record of Hawaiian cultural history and thought in order to transmit ancestral knowledge to future generations. Celebrating indigenous intellectual agency in the midst of US imperialism, The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen is a call for the further restoration of native Hawaiian intellectual history to help ground contemporary Hawaiian thought, culture, and governance.
Hawaiian Newspaper Writers
Noenoe K. Silva traces how two Hawaiian writers preserved ancestral knowledge in newspaper work.
Come here for
- Hawaiian-language newspapers as records of cultural history and thought
- The writings of Joseph K. K?nepu?u and Joseph M. Poepoe
Expect
- Geographical surveys, biographies, historical narratives, and translations
- Political and economic analyses, literatures, and poetic works
Where it sits
| Indigenous Studies | 38% |
|---|---|
| Western U.S. History | 31% |
| Asian American Studies | 27% |
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Publisher categories
- Western U.S. History
- Colonialism & Its Aftermath
- Native American Studies
- Authors
- Noenoe K. Silva, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- May 12, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Western U.S. History