AAS 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Racialization
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The incorporation and integration of hawaii into the us. Hula as a form of pop culture was used to form a colonial relationship but also to contest that relationship. Most signed petition but annexation still passed for the purpose of containing capitalism. Hula helps portray an idyllic paradise, justifying us presence there. Women are seen to be inviting, aloha spirit appropriated as welcoming. In hawaii, the tourist industry and the military industry were developed in conjunction with one another. Aloha shown as a way of rewriting history and as an example of being welcoming. Hula is a form of relaxation, used to maintain control. Militarism is a step by step process by which a person or thing gradually comes to be controlled by the military or comes to depend for its well being on militaristic ideas. Analogies function to posit not complete identification but rather agreement or similarity in a limited number of features.
