Disrupting "Settler Time": Anachronisms in Hawaiian Prose and Poetry

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Brief Overview

Exploration of anachronisms used in 19th and 20th century Hawaiian literature, as resistance against Americanization of Hawaiian custom and policy. The result is a blurring of false boundaries of time and a disruption of Rifkin's "settler time".

Author

• Kahikina K. de Silva, University of Hawaii at Manoa