Hawaiian Luau

O'connor (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2020
Kegan Paul (Verlag)
978-0-7103-1361-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Few Repasts are as familiar as the luau, the Hawaiian feast that is lodged in the popular imagination as the embodiment of Polynesian hospitality, a sacred feast rooted in antiquity, the essence of traditional island life--but is it? This anthropological study of the Hawaiian luau begins with the rituals and taboos that surrounded food and eating in precontact Hawaii. It describes how the luau became a catalyst for a social revolution; how heathen luaus were repressed under the American missionaries and revived by Hawaii's last king as the national meal; how the luau was again repressed after the American takeover of the islands; and how it re-emerged as an invented tradition in the interests of tourism.

Autor

Kaori O'Connor

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Länderküchen
• ISBN-10: 0-7103-1361-6 / 0710313616
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7103-1361-4 / 9780710313614
• Zustand: Neuware