Local story : the Massie-Kahahawai case and the culture of history /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rosa, John P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Fortescue, Grace, > 1883-1979 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Massie, Thomas H. > Trials, litigation, etc.
Massie, Thalia, > 1911-1963.
Kahahawai, Joseph, > 1909-1932.
Fortescue, Grace, > 1883-1979.
Massie, Thomas H.
1900-1999
Trials (Murder) > Hawaii > History > 20th century.
Trials (Rape) > Hawaii > History > 20th century.
Lynching > Hawaii > History > 20th century.
Procès (Meurtre) > Hawaii > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Procès (Viol) > Hawaii > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lynchage > Hawaii > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Lynching.
Race relations.
Trials (Murder)
Trials (Rape)
Hawaii > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Hawaii > History > 1900-1959.
Hawaii > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Hawaii > Histoire > 1900-1959.
Hawaii.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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