The arts of kingship Hawaiian art and national culture of the Kalākaua era Stacy L. Kamehiro

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Notes: ELEC copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment; Elecresource
Contents: Introduction. Hawaiian national art -- Ch. 1. The art of kingship : Kalākaua's coronation -- Ch. 2. Palaces and sacred spaces : "Iolani Palace" -- Ch. 3. Memorializing the monarchy : the King Kamehameha Monument -- Ch. 4. (Re)collecting history : the Hawaiian National Museum -- Ch. 5. The artistic legacy of the Kalākaua era -- Catalogue of the Hawaiian National Museum and library
Summary: "The Arts of Kingship" offers a sustained and detailed account of Hawaiian public art and architecture during the reign of David Kalakaua, the nativist and cosmopolitan ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1874 to 1891. Stacy Kamehiro provides visual and historical analysis of four key monuments - Kalakaua's coronation and regalia, the King Kamehameha Statue, 'Iolani Palace, and the Hawaiian National Museum - drawing them together in a common historical, political, and cultural frame. Each articulated Hawaiian national identities and navigated the turbulence of colonialism in distinctive ways and has endured as a key cultural symbol. These cultural projects were part of the monarchy's concerted effort to promote a national culture in the face of colonial pressures, internal political divisions, and declining social conditions for Native Hawaiians, which, in combination, posed serious threats to the survival of the nation. Kamehiro interprets the images, spaces, and institutions as articulations of the complex cultural entanglements and creative engagement with international communities that occur with prolonged colonial contact. Nineteenth-century Hawaiian sovereigns celebrated Native tradition, history, and modernity by intertwining indigenous conceptions of superior chiefly leadership with the apparati and symbols of Asian, American, and European rule."--Book cover

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Date: 2009; 19th century

Call number: N72.N38 K36 2009 (Internet)

author: Kamehiro, Stacy L
Subject: Kalakaua Hawaii, König; Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

Restrictions & Rights: 1-user

Type: Electronic resources; Catalogs; Electronic books; History

Physical description: 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations (some color)

Place: Hawaii

Title: Hawaiian art and national culture of the Kalākaua era

Topic: Nationalism and art--History; Hawaiian art; Art and society--History; ART--Reference; ART--Performance; Art and society; Art patronage; Nationalism and art; Monarchie; Kunst; Architektur; Nationalbewusstsein

Record ID: siris_sil_1145174

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