{"product_id":"aina-hanau-birth-land-volume-92-paperback","title":"Aina Hanau \/ Birth Land: Volume 92 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrandy Nalani McDougall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Āina Hānau \/ Birth Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful collection of new poems by Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) poet Brandy Nālani McDougall. 'Āina hānau--or the land of one's birth--signifies identity through intimate and familial connections to place and creates a profound bond between the people in a community. McDougall's poems flow seamlessly between 'Ōlelo Hawai'i and English, forming rhythms and patterns that impress on the reader a deep understanding of the land. Tracing flows from the mountains to the ocean, from the sky to the earth, and from ancestor to mother to child, these poems are rooted in the rich ancestral and contemporary literature of Hawaiʻi --moʻolelo, moʻokūʻauhau, and mele --honoring Hawaiian ʻāina, culture, language, histories, aesthetics, and futures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eĀina Hānau \/ Birth Land\u003c\/i\u003e cycle through sacred and personal narratives while exposing and fighting ongoing American imperialism, settler colonialism, militarism, and social and environmental injustice to protect the ʻāina and its people. The ongoing environmental crisis in Hawaiʻi, inextricably linked to colonialism and tourism, is captured with stark intensity as McDougall writes, \u003ci\u003eViolence is what we settle for \/ because we've been led to believe \/ green paper can feed us \/ more than green land\u003c\/i\u003e. The experiences of birth, motherhood, miscarriage, and the power of Native Hawaiian traditions and self-advocacy in an often dismissive medical system is powerfully narrated by the speaker of the titular poem, written for McDougall's daughters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Āina Hānau\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on what it means to be from and belong to an ʻāina hānau, as well as what it means to be an 'āina hānau, as all mothers serve as the first birth lands for their children.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandy Nālani McDougall (Kanaka 'Ōiwi) is a poet, scholar, mother, and aloha 'āina from Aʻapueo, Maui, and now living with her ʻohana in Kalaepōhaku, Oʻahu. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFinding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature, \u003c\/i\u003e and the collection of poetry \u003ci\u003eThe Salt-Wind: Ka Makani Paʻakai.\u003c\/i\u003e This is her second book of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757792264480,"sku":"9780816548354","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9087be4433b8da6bbefd554e46511fc5.webp?v=1780111916","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aina-hanau-birth-land-volume-92-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}