Book

Sacred queens and women of consequence: rank, gender, and colonialism in the Hawaiian Islands

University of Michigan PressAnn Arbor • Published In 1990 • Pages: xxiv, 276

By: Linnekin, Jocelyn.

Abstract
This book is essentially an account of land relations and the status of women in the 1850s, based on the analysis of land records and other ethnohistorical materials. 'The Great Māhele, the land division of 1846-55, set the stage for massive land alienation among Hawaiians; dramatic changes took place in Hawaiian communities in the latter half of the nineteenth century, a period of progressive dispossession and proletarianization' (p. xvii). One of the changes that took place at this time was an apparent shift in the inheritance pattern which increasingly allowed women to hold land during the mid-nineteenth century. The above and other gender related topic form the major portion of this monograph.
Subjects
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Felted and other non-interworked fabrics
Real property
Inheritance
External trade
Status, role, and prestige
Gender status
Classes
Household
Extended families
Chief executive
Avoidance and taboo
Gender roles and issues
culture
Hawaiians
HRAF PubDate
2003
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Polynesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2002
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
late eighteenth-nineteenth centuries
Coverage Place
Hawaiian Islands, United States
Notes
Jocelyn Linnekin
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index
LCCN
89020618
LCSH
Hawaiians