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Local Story : The Massie-Kahahawai Case and the Culture of History /

The Massie-Kahahawai case of 1931-1932 shook the Territory of Hawai'i to its very core. Thalia Massie, a young Navy wife, alleged that she had been kidnapped and raped by "some Hawaiian boys" in Waikīkī. A few days later, five young men stood accused of her rape. Mishandling of evid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rosa, John P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the Massie-Kahahawai case as a local story
  • Local boys: Ahakuelo, Chang, Ida, Kahahawai, and Takai as the accused
  • Haole woman: Thalia Massie and the defense of white womanhood
  • The killing of Joseph Kahahawai: native Hawaiians and the stories of resistance
  • A closing and an opening: the Massie-Fortescue murder trial
  • Story, memory, history
  • Epilogue: haʻina ʻia mai.