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Colonial Rupture and Native Continuity in Indigenous Cultural Representations: Through Hawaiian Ancient Dance Kahiko

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2021

Mai Misaki
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Abstract

This article discusses the role of colonial oppression in creating conflicting perspectives in the reproduction of dance as Indigenous cultural heritage. The debate on kahiko, the ancient Hawaiian dance, of which practice was severely controlled and then revived through the cultural renaissance, demonstrates that the radical deprivation of the practice has created multiple understandings of the dance among different practitioners. Of primary importance in these respects is the intergenerational divide within the dance community, manifest in the critical perspective of the post-renaissance variant of kahiko, which highlights the “continuity” of the practice through the colonial rupture.

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colonialismcultural transmissionHawaiʻihulaIndigenous heritagetraditional dance
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Dance Research Journal , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , April 2021 , pp. 44 - 60
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Dance Studies Association

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