Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia
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Overview
Presenting over seventy authors and one hundred pieces, Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia features nine of the thirteen basic language groups, including Palauan, Chamorro, Chuukese, I-Kiribati, Kosraean, Marshallese, Nauruan, Pohnpeian, and Yapese. The volume editors, from Micronesia themselves, have selected representative works from throughout the region—from Palau in the west, to Kiribati in the east, to the global diaspora. They have reached back for historically groundbreaking work and scouted the present for some of the most cited and provocative of published pieces and for the most promising new authors.
Richly diverse, the stories of Micronesia’s resilient peoples are as vast as the sea and as deep as the Mariana Trench. Challenging centuries-old reductive representations, writers passionately explore seven complex themes: “Origins” explores creation, foundational, and ancestral stories; “Resistance” responds to colonialism and militarism; “Remembering” captures diverse memories and experiences; “Identities” articulates the nuances of culture; “Voyages” maps migration and diaspora; “Family” delves into interpersonal and community relationships; and “New Micronesia” gathers experimental, liminal, and cutting-edge voices.
This anthology reflects a worldview unique to the islands of Micronesia, yet it also connects to broader issues facing Pacific Islanders and indigenous peoples throughout the world. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Pacific, indigenous, diasporic, postcolonial, and environmental studies and literatures.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780824877460 |
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| Publisher: | University of Hawaii Press, The |
| Publication date: | 04/30/2019 |
| Series: | The New Oceania Literary Series |
| Pages: | 384 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Evelyn Flores is associate professor of literature at the University of Guam focusing on post/counter-colonial studies, Native and women’s studies, and Pacific Island literatures.
Emelihter Kihleng (Editor)
Emelihter Kihleng is a poet and author. She has held academic and other professional positions in Pohnpei, Guam, Hawai‘i, and New Zealand, and is a curatorial research fellow at the MARKK, Museum am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany.
Table of Contents
Maps of Micronesia xiii
Preface Evelyn Flores Emelihter Kihleng xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
Introduction: Garlanding Teweiariki Teaero (Kiribati) 5
Origins
I Tinituhon/The Beginning Leonard Z. Iriarte (Guåhan) 9
Fu'una and Pontan Evelyn Flores (Guåhan) 14
Time Canisius Filibert (Belau) 18
Uchelel a Tekoi Chuab, Kotel Belau Isebong Asang (Belau) 19
Chuab-Belau Canisius Filibert (Belau) 21
Merry Ancestors Teweiariki Teaero (Kiribati) 23
Nei Mwanganibuka: The Legendary Fisherwoman Tereeao Teingiia Ratite (Kiribati) 25
To Swim with Eels Emelihter Kihleng (Pohnpei) 27
I Have Seen Sirena Out at Sea/Gua na hu li'i' si Sirena Evelyn Flores (Guåhan) 29
Halom Tano' Anne Perez Hattori (Guåhan) 31
Nareau's Return Teweiariki Teaero (Kiribati) 33
Ode to the Fisherman's Hat/Te bwara te taraai Tereeao Teingiia Ratite (Kiribati) 35
Return to the Sea Sandra Iseke Okada (Guahan) 36
Tinaitayon Hinanåo Såkman Saina/Prayer for Safe Journey Ronald T. Laguana Rudolph E. Villaverde (Guåhan) 40
Gutos i Finihu I Hinacha Hinanåo/Rite of First Voyage of the Sakman Saina Ronald T. Laguana Rudolph E. Villaverde (Guåhan) 42
Quipuha's Sin Joseph Borja (Guahan) 44
Silent Warriors Innocenta M. Sound-Kikku (Chuuk) 46
Fino' Finakpo'/Final Words Leonard Z. Iriarte (Guåhan) 48
Manotohge Hit/We Stand Leonard Z. Iriarte (Guåhan) 49
Resistance
Forefathers Anne Perez Hattori (Guåhan) 53
Lbolb/Wolf Canisius Filibert (Belau) 55
The Lord's Prayer John Mangafel (Yap) 56
What Am I Frederick B. Quinene (Guåhan) 57
Excerpt from "Freedom." Hermana Ramarui (Belau) 60
To Belau Hermana Ramarui (Belau) 63
Belau Be Brave Cita Morei (Belau) 64
Nauru in 2001 Ruby Dediya (Nauru) 66
Tampering with Bible Translation in Yap Dolores Yilibuw (Yap) 68
"Local." Jan Furukawa (Guåhan) 79
Inside Out. C. T. Perez (Guåhan) 81
My Mother's Bamboo Bracelets A Handful of Lessons on Saving the World Julian Aguon (Guåhan) 84
The Mango Trees Already Know Julian Aguon (Guåhan) 88
Juan Malo & the Tip of America's Spear (a malologue) Craig Santos Perez (Guåhan) 91
Juan Malo & Where America's Day Begins (a maialogue) Craig Santos Perez (Guåhan) 92
The Storm Joseph Borja (Guåhan) 93
Dance Arielle Taitano Lowe (Guåhan) 95
More than Just a Blue Passport Selina Neirok Leem (Marshall Islands) 98
My Island Is One Big American Footnote Michael Luian Bevacqua (Guåhan) 102
The Revolution Will Not Be Haolified Michael Lujan Bevacqua (Guåhan) 105
Remembering
From The Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia, 1975 111
History Project Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (Marshall Islands) 112
Thieves Anne Perez Hattori (Guåhan) 116
Guåhan Lehua M. Taitano (Guåhan) 117
From I Dos Amantes Baltazar Aguon (Guåhan) 125
From An Ocean in a Cup Stephen Tenorio Jr. (Guåhan) 128
An Ode to Our Unsung Heroes Frederick B. Quinene (Guåhan) 133
From An Island in Agony Tony Palomo (Guåhan) 135
A New Invasion Clarissa Mendiola (Guåhan) 142
From Mariquita: A Tragedy of Guam Chris Perez Howard (Guåhan) 144
From Cheffla gi I Manglo Peter R. Onedera (Guåhan) 151
From Nasarinu Peter R. Onedera (Guåhan) 154
Nauru Women Picket a Government-Sponsored Flight to London for the Stage Play Leonardo da Vinci, May 27, 1993 Maria Gaiyabu (Nauru) 159
Egade Lucia Itsimaera (Nauru) 162
The First Woman in Parliament: Ruby's Story Alamanda Lauti (Nauru) 164
Ti Mamaigo Si Yu'us-God Never Sleeps Victoria-Lola M. Leon Guerrero (Guåhan) 166
Identities
Sun Burns Teresia Teaiwa (Kiribati and Fiji) 175
Crash Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (Marshall Islands) 177
Juan Malo & Da Real Chamoru (a malologue) Craig Santos Perez (Guåhan) 179
My Blood Marianna Hernandez (Guahan) 180
Téétéén Kúen. Myjolynne Kim (Chuuk) 181
The Micronesian Question Emelihter Kihleng (Pohnpei) 183
Micro-Eye-Class Jelovea Seymour (Kosrae and Chuuk) 188
Kaki se (a coconut) Jelovea Seymour (Kosrae and Chuuk) 189
Echukeison in Maikronisia Alex Rhowunio'ng (Chuuk) 190
Bomb the School System Melvin Won Pat-Borja (Guåhan) 192
"Unfit" Melvin Won Pat-Borja (Guåhan) 195
English Only Law Impact Angela Hoppe-Cruz (Guåhan) 198
Language with an Attitude Palauan Identity with an English Accent Isebong M. Asang (Belau) 200
Culture for Sale Joseph Borja (Guåhan) 210
In Search of What Matters … Vidalino (VID) Staley Raatior (Chuuk) 212
Kul. Emelihter Kihleng (Pohnpei) 216
FestPac neni Johanna Salinas (Guåhan) 217
Kao sina hao fumino' Chamoru? Jacob L. Camacho (Guåhan) 218
Memory Revising, As My Diasporic Queer Self. J. A. Dela Cruz-Smith (Guåhan) 221
Grass Lynnsey Sigeah (Yap) 224
English Major James Perez Viernes (Guåhan) 226
Voyages
Raiarecharmoracherchar Valentine N. Sengebau (Belau) 229
What Grandma Sinsilmam Knew Dickson Dalph Tiwelfil (Yap) 232
Flying to Makiki Street Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (Marshall Islands) 234
Tomorrow Tutu Chilton (Belau) 236
The Monkey Gate Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (Marshall Islands) 238
Moon Sickness, Green Cards, and the Taro Patch Isebong Asang (Belau) 240
Bare-Breasted Woman C. T. Perez (Guåhan) 251
Homes of Micronesia Yolanda Ioab (Pohnpei) 253
The Cry of Oceania Josie Howard (Chuuk) 256
We Are Human at the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time Josie Howard (Chuuk) 263
Imbibing Native DNA at a Pacific Science Meeting in Australia Vicente M. Diaz (Pohnpei and Guåhan) 264
A Journey of CHamoru Self-Discovery Nikkie De Jesus Cushing (Guåhan) 266
The Five Stages of Being Micronesian in Guam Nedine Songeni (Chuuk) 270
Family
My Urohs Emelihter Kihleng (Pohnpei) 275
The Tree Christine Taitano Delisle (Guåhan) 277
Mechikung Tutii Chilton (Belau) 280
Rubak Valentine N. Sengebau (Belau) 282
Red Shoes Kisha Borja-Quichocho-Calvo (Guåhan) 284
Sky Cathedral C. T. Perez (Guåhan) 286
Ngedeloch Valentine N. Sengebau (Belau) 288
Food Thoughts Teresia Teaiwa (Kiribati and Fiji) 290
The Boys Charissa Lynn Atalig Manibusan (Guåhan) 292
Auntie Lola's Champion Chalakiles Charissa Lynn Atalig Manibusan (Guåhan) 293
What urohs say Emelihter Kihleng (Pohnpei) 299
Beloved Sumay James Perez Viernes (Guåhan) 301
Fino' Gualåffon/Moonlight Talk Mary Therese Perez Hattori (Guåhan) 303
Portrait of Grandmother Eating Mango J. A. Dela Cruz-Smith (Guahan) 304
Hineksa Anonymous Desiree Taimanglo Ventura (Guåhan) 308
I am from… Lynnsey Sigrah (Yap) 311
A New Micronesia
Pohnpei Outer Space Emelihter Kihleng (Pohnpei) 315
Development Katerina Teaiwa (Kiribati Fiji) 317
Map Gazing Marianna Hernandez (Guåhan) 320
Look at It This Way C. T. Perez (Guåhan) 322
I could be Miss Guam Tourism Kisha Borja-Quichocho-Calvo (Guåhan) 324
Well, we're all eating chå'guan now Evelyn Flores (Guåhan) 325
My life is a poetry reading C. T. Perez (Guåhan) 328
Hiking Leiana San Agustin Naholowa'a (Guåhan) 330
The floating world Terry Perez (Guåhan) 332
I Will Drink the Rain (For Toma) Teresia Teaiwa (Kiribati and Fiji) 334
Flip Flops Teresia Teaiwa (Kiribati and Fiji) 335
Black Coral Maya Alonso (Guåhan) 337
On the Occasion of the Quarter Century. Pc Munoz (Guåhan) 340
Archery PC Munoz (Guåhan) 341
Tidepools Evelyn Flores (Guåhan) 342
Afterword Craig Santos Perez 345
About the Contributors 347
What People are Saying About This
A much-needed and timely collection. This volume not only provides a comprehensive overview of the literature and art of a region that long has been underrepresented, but gives voice to the beauty, diversity, and power that has developed and strengthened these islands’ cultural legacies through their dynamic interactions with both the region and the world. This should be required reading, not just for Pacific literature but all literature courses interested in the ways that local knowledges engage global currents.