We titled this book Detours because it is meant to redirect you from the fantasy of Hawaiʻi as a tropical paradise toward an engagement with Hawaiʻi that is pono (just, fitting).While this place is indeed beautiful, it is not an exotic postcard or a tropical playground with happy hosts. If, however, you're looking for a thoughtful, unconventional travel guide to Hawaii, it might be best to begin your search elsewhere.Īmazing book that should be required reading for all Americans (and any other tourist coming to visit Hawaiʻi). I will end this review with these final words of advice for prospective readers: If you're looking for a book of academic essays on the evils of colonialism in Hawaii, and you can read Hawaiian, you've come to the right place. And I am happy to report that the book's final section was my favorite of them all, so there was some reward for my perseverance at the end of the rainbow. However, I still had more than 350 pages to go before I reached the end, and I wasn't going to give up, because this book fulfilled my 2021 reading challenge category: A book by an indigenous author. It was about the time I read this editorial encouragement that I realized Detours was not the book for me. Don't know Hawaiian? Well, there's a small glossary in the back, and the book's editors encourage readers to learn the Hawaiian language. Almost every essay is sprinkled with a healthy dose of the Hawaiian language. Unfortunately (for me, at least), this is not a book whose primary audience is would-be tourists looking to better educate themselves (although would-be tourists can certainly get an education from reading it.) Instead, it is primarily a book of decolonial essays written by (primarily indigenous Hawaiian) academics about indigenous Hawaiians, for indigenous Hawaiians. Since I was preparing for a trip to Hawaii, that sounded right up my alley. I had read an article online that pitched this book as an unconventional guidebook for thoughtful travelers who want to go beyond the tourist sights and learn more about Hawaiian culture. I know this is no fault of the book's publisher, editors, or contributing authors, but this book was not quite what I expected. I'll be honest: this one was a bit of a slog for me. Kāwika Tengan, Stephanie Nohelani Teves, Stan Tomita, Mehana Blaich Vaughan, Wendy Mapuana Waipā, Julie Warech Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery, Dean Itsuji Saranillio, Noenoe K. Kapā‘anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira, Jamaica Heolimelekalani Osorio, No‘eau Peralto, No‘u Revilla, Kalaniua Ritte, Maya L. Kalawai‘a Moore, Summer Kaimalia Mullins-Ibrahim, Jordan Muratsuchi, Hanohano Naehu, Malia Nobrega-Olivera, Katrina-Ann R. Lyons, David Uahikeaikalei‘ohu Maile, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Davianna Pōmaika‘i McGregor, Laurel Mei-Singh, P. Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Kapulani Landgraf, Laura E. Kekoolani-Raymond, Kekuewa Kikiloi, William Kinney, Francesca Koethe, Karen K. Kahanu, Haley Kailiehu, Kyle Kajihiro, Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, Terrilee N.
Furuto, Sonny Ganaden, Cheryl Geslani, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua, Tina Grandinetti, Craig Howes, Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Noelle M.
Joe Estores, Nicholas Kawelakai Farrant, Jessica Ka‘ui Fu, Candace Fujikane, Linda H. Chang, Lianne Marie Leda Charlie, Greg Chun, Joy Lehuanani Enomoto, S. Aikau, Malia Akutagawa, Adele Balderston, Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Ellen-Rae Cachola, Emily Cadiz, Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, David A. The essays, stories, artworks, maps, and tour itineraries in Detours create decolonial narratives in ways that will forever change how readers think about and move throughout Hawai‘i.Ĭontributors. In this brilliant reinvention of the travel guide, artists, activists, and scholars redirect readers from the fantasy of Hawai‘i as a tropical paradise and tourist destination toward a multilayered and holistic engagement with Hawai‘i's culture and complex history. While Hawai‘i is indeed beautiful, Native Hawaiians struggle with the problems brought about by colonialism, military occupation, tourism, food insecurity, high costs of living, and climate change.
Many people first encounter Hawai‘i through the imagination-a postcard picture of hula girls, lu‘aus, and plenty of sun, surf, and sea.
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