Preliminary Bibliography on Hawaiian Traditional Arts

Index:

1. Bibiliographies and Directories
2. Journals
3. Journal and Book Articles
4. Books on Arts, Crafts, and Traditions
5. Video Tapes
6. Audio Recordings
7. Film Strips
8. Social Issues

1) Bibliographies and Directories

• Hirota, Norma. 1995. Women in the arts: a bibliography . Department of Education, State of Hawaii.
• The 1993 inter-island arts resource directory . Mililani, HI: WOHA Project.
• Spock, Rubhiyyih Napualani. 1991. Native Hawaiian women: a bibliography of English language, written materials published since 1980.
• Martin, Lynn. 1988. A Guide for surveying Pacific Island folk arts . Honolulu: Consortium for Pacific Arts and Cultures.
• Hawaii cultural resource directory . 1987. Honolulu: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
• Luomala, Katharine. 1985. "A Bibliographic Survey of Collections of Hawaiian Sayings." Proverbium, Vol. 2, 1985
• Hori, Joan. 1984. Women in Hawaii: a selected bibliography of materials in the Hawaiian Collection , University of Hawaii Manoa Library.

2) Journals

• Journal of Hawaiian and Pacific folklore and folklife studies . Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii: Kamaluuluolele Pub.
• Hawaiian designin' quarterly . "The magazine of the designs and crafts of Hawaii." Kailua, HI: Hawaiian Designin' Collection.

3) Specific Articles

• Reed, David. 1988. 'Do It, Mealii'. Americana, Vol. 15 no. 6, 1988 Jan.-Feb.
• Kaeppler, Adrienne. 1988. "Hawaiian Tattoo: A Conjunction of Genealogy and Aesthetics" in Rubin, Arnold (ed.). Marks of Civilization: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body . Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural Hist., Univ. of California.
• Wild, Lee S. 1987. "Hawaiian Quilts" in Duke, Dennis (ed.); Harding, Deborah, America's Glorious Quilts . New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Assocs
• Sutton, R. Anderson. 1987. "Korean Music in Hawaii" in Asian Music: Journal of the Society for Asian Music , Vol. 19 no. 1, 1987 Fall-Winter
• Trimillos, Ricardo D. 1986. Music and Ethnic Identity: Strategies among Filipino Youth. Yearbook for Traditional Music , Vol. 18, 1986
• Cook, Christina Mauliola. 1985. "The Art of the Hula as seen in the Dance of 'Iolani Luahine" UCLA Jour. of Dance Ethnology , Vol. 9, 1985
• Lewis, George H. 1984. "Da Kine Sounds: The Function of Music as Social Protest in the New Hawaiian Renaissance". American Music , Vol. 2 no. 2, 1984 Summer
• Nishiguchi, Ann. 1982. "The Dance of Immigrant Groups: Koreans in Hawaii". Jour. of the Assn. of Graduate Dance Ethnologists UCLA , Vol. 6, 1982 Spring
• Allen-Wheeler, Jane. 1981. "A Herbalist's Shop in Honolulu: Traditional Merchandising in a Modern Setting" in Gould, Richard A. (ed.); Schiffer, Michael B. (ed.). Modern Material Culture: The Archaeology of Us . New York: Academic.

4) Books on Arts, Crafts, and Traditions

• Arbeit, Wendy. 1990. Baskets in Polynesia . Honolulu: U of Hawaii Press
• Corum, Ann Kondo. 1985. Folk Remedies from Hawai'i . Honolulu: Bess.
• Frankenstein, Alfred Victor. 1961 Angels over the altar; Christian folk art in Hawaii and the South Seas. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
• Hammond, Joyce D. 1986. Tifaifai and Quilts of Polynesia . Honolulu: U of Hawaii Press.
• Johnson, Rubellite Kawena. 1986. Hawaiian language and the geometry of arts and crafts. Honolulu: The Division.
• Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1980. Kapa: Hawaiian bark cloth. Hilo Bay, Hawaii: Boom Books.
• Martin, Lynn. 1990. Folklife Hawaii: a festival in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Honolulu: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
• Purnell, Nanette Napoleon. 1993. "Oriental and Polynesian Cemetery Traditions in the Hawaiian Islands" in Meyer, Richard E. (ed.). Ethnicity and the American Cemetery . Bowling Green, OH: Popular.
• Schleck, Robert J. 1986. The Wilcox Quilts in Hawaii . Kauai: Grove Farm Homestead & Waioli Mission House.
• Van Zile, Judy. 1982. The Japanese Bon Dance in Hawaii . Kailua: Pacifica.
• We, the Women of Hawaii Cookbook. 1983. Honolulu, HI: We, the Women of Hawaii.

5) Video Tapes

• 1993. Hoala hou the revival of ancient Hawaiian crafts
• Alu Like. 1986. Alu Like presents Family Sunday . (?? min) Honolulu, Hawaii: Alu Like Oahu Islands Productions. Highlights of the Alu Like-hosted Family Sunday at Bishop Museum. Featherwork lectures by John Dominis Holt and Mary Lou Kekuewa, ukulele and tapa demonostrations, and entertainment by H alau o Na Maoli Pua, Ka Leo o Na Kupuna, Punana Leo o Honolulu and the Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club.
• Bain, Carol. 1990. Kauai Mokihana Festival 1990 . (60 min, VHS) Lihue, Hawaii: Garden Island Arts Council. Highlights winners of the men's hula competition and the women's song competition held on Kauai at the 5th Annual Mokihana Festival. Categories included: Na Kane Kahiko Nei, Mr. Hula Auwana, Na Kane Hula Auwana and Na Wahine Mele.
• Chong, Joy. 1984. Hole hole bushi: song of the cane fields . (30 min, VHS) Honolulu: KHET, 1984. Story of the Japanese sugar plantation laborers who came to Hawaii in the late 1800s who hoped to gain wealth through their labor and return to Japan. Franklin Odo and Harry Urata interview oldtimers who share th eir songs and histories. Special guest and ukulele artist Ohta San performs modern renditions of this unique Hawaii folk art form. Aired on program, "Rice and Roses".
• Fredo, Bart. 1989. The Festival (60 min, VHS) Hawaii Public Television. Excerpts from the 1989 Festival of American Folklife featuring Hawaii artisans and held in Washington, D.C. for 10 days during the Summer. Includes interviews with some of the participants at home after the Fe stival.
• Gasek, Paul. 1986. Hula: dance of legends. (60 min?) Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. Description of hula in Hawaii as a vehicle for cultural information transfer. Explains that Western civilization and values at first suppressed hula as an ethnic expression, but that hula is presently enjoying a renaissance. Shows how kumu hula train their students. Costume, movement and chant combine to tell a specific story.
• Glaser, Gaye. 1987. The Ancient art of kapa . Honolulu: Oceanic Cable Community Programming Center. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Alyce Ikeoka and Ruby Kawena Johnson tell us about the Hawaiian art of kapa making. The program includes Hawaiian tales about kapa, a discussion of the implements and t ools used together with a description of the production process itself, and the conception and creation of the designs.
• Krane, Gary. 1977. The Waianae Hawaiian Heritage Center: a way of life . (30 min, VHS) Honolulu: People's Fund Video/Film Collective Production. Describes some of the activities conducted at the Waianae Hawaiian Heritage Cultural Center through interviews with Peter Apo and his staff. Shows youngsters being traught the arts and crafts of the ancient Hawaiians.
• McNulty, Edward. 1986. Ka Hana noeau Hawaii ("Hawaiian crafts"). (20 min, VHS) Honolulu: Hawaii State Dept. of Education. What we now consider crafts of old Hawaii were necessary implements for day-to-day life. Fishhooks, weapons, cordage and much more are looked at for their beauty, efficien cy and craftsmanship.
• Ono, David. 1993. Profiles (30 min, VHS.) Honolulu: JN Productions. Profiles three local Japanese Americans in the arts. Seisho Nakasone sings and plays the Okinawan shamisen. Patty and Janet Yamasaki run Montsuki, a store specializing in clothing made from kimono fabric. Deb Aoki has made artistic statements about the role of Japanese women in society.
• Wallner, Susan. 1993. Toshiko Takaezu: portrait of an artist (28 min, VHS) Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Network. Documentary film which examines the life and work of noted Hawaii-born ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu. In interviews, she discusses how the landscapes and environment of Hawaii, especially Haleakala and the Devastation Forest, have influenced her work.
• Zinn, Elaine. 1991. Legacy of excellence (60 min, VHS) Honolulu: KHET. Experience the resurgence in native Hawaiian crafts, as local master craftspeople share their talents and motivations in replicating the ancient arts. See also, Legacy of excellence : Instructional Guide for the video.

6) Audio Recordings

• Hiram, Eleanor. 196? Ula noweo: Hawaiian chant with ipu (45 rpm record, includes guide). Burbank, Calif.: Location Recording Service.
• Pukui, Mary Kawena. 1960. Interview with Mary Kawena Pukui, Eleanor Williamson and Oriana Fallaci. (39 min, cassette) Tape includes discussion of: hula (costuming, change and tourism); biographical information; discipline and education of children inc luding division of labor between sexes, the status of women in Hawaiian society, respect for elders, and marriage. Discussion of the training of students in hula. AT THE BISHOP MUSUEM ARCHIVES.
• Pukui, Mary Kawena, 1960. Interview with Mary Kawena Pukui, Eleanor Williamson and Francis Haar. (42 min, cassette) Discussion of the exhibition of traditional Hawaiian culture and crafts at Ulu Mau Village. Discussion of poi pounding. Recollection of Timothy and Rosalie Montgomery, Iolani Luahine and Mary Pukui who used to do hula performances together. Recording of people who are commenting on photograhs of chanters and hula dancers recorded by Helen Roberts in the early 1900's. Comments on a drawin g by Louis Choris. AT THE BISHOP MUSUEM ARCHIVES.
• Smithsonian Inst. 1989. Hawaii program, Festival of American Folklife (115 sound cassettes: analog + sound logs, reports.) A compilation of Hawaii-related materials recorded at, or prepared for, the 23rd Festival of American Folklife, 1989, Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. Contents: Taped fieldwork interviews: 62 sound cassettes, with printed contents list, of interviews with Hawaii artists, craftmen or musicians, covering diverse topics: boatbuilding, lei making, da nce and musical instruments, quilting, kite making and paper arts, Okinawan dance and classical music, Bon dance, ethnic celebrations and customs of Chinese, Portuguese, Puerto Rican and Filipino Hawaiians, etc. Festival tapes (53 sound cassettes, numbere d as 63-106), with written sound logs: Tape no. 63-76. "Hawaiian foodways" sessions, demonstrations of Portuguese, Filipino, Chinese, Hawaiian, Chinese cooking -- Tape no. 77-84. Hawaiian music stage, featuring various Hawaii performers -- Tape no. 93-106 . Hawaiian narrative stage, featuring talks and lectures on Hawaii culture and history, Hawaiian legends and storytelling. Fieldwork reports: 28 written reports by various experts on Hawaiian crafts, customs, and arts, covering Hawaiian Polynesians as wel l as those of immigrant groups (Filipino, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Puerto Rican)

7) Filmstrips

• Dunford, Betty. 1986. The Hawaiians of old. (8 strips, 8 cassettes, textbook) Honolulu, Hawaii: Bess Press. Contents: ch. 1. Born was the island (48 fr.) -- ch. 2. Hawaiian life had many rules (54 fr.) -- ch. 3. The Hawaiian was a farmer (51 fr.) -- c h. 4. The Hawaiian was a fisherman (50 fr.) -- ch. 5. The Hawaiian was a craftsman (59 fr.) -- ch. 6. Hawaiians had many wars (34 fr.) -- ch. 7. Hawaiians had many sports and games (43 fr.) -- ch. 8. Hawaiians loved stories and music (54 fr.)
• Gregson, Rochelle. 1976. Wahine, a history of women in Hawaii. (35 min cassette track and 101 frame strip) Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1976. Reviews the role of women in the history of Hawaii from ancient times to the present. Includes women of se veral ethnic backgrounds from all walks of life.
• Kiamanu, Keli. 1973. Poi making Hawaiian style (1 strip and cassette) Laie, Hawaii: Church College of Hawaii. Shows how poi is prepared from cooked taro root.
• Law, Napua. 1973. Making a Hawaiian quilt. (1 strip and cassette) Laie, Hawaii: Church College of Hawaii. Shows how to make a Hawaiian quilt. One must first choose a pattern which is transferred to paper and eventually to cloth.
• Mokiau, Faith. 1973. Kui Hawaiian flower leis. (1 strip and cassette) Laie, Hawaii: Church College of Hawaii. Shows how to make a flower lei.
• Oxley, Amanda. 1973. Hawaiian feather leis (1 strip and cassette) Laie, Hawaii: Church College of Hawaii. Shows how to prepare feathers for processing into Hawaiian feather leis.

8) Social Issues

• Hayes, Eloise. 1972. ERIC Reports: Creative expression among ethnic groups in Hawaii. Washington: Educational Resources Information Center.
• Kautz, Amanda Tichenor. 1967. Funerals on Hawaii Island: a study of cultural lag in ethnic accommodation. Thesis for the degree of Master of Arts.
• Linnekin, Jocelyn. 1990. Sacred queens and women of consequence: rank, gender, and colonialism in the Hawaiian Islands. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Mrantz, Maxine. 1975. Women of old Hawaii. Honolulu: Aloha Graphics and Sales.
• Morris, Robert J. 1992. "Same-Sex Friendships in Hawaiian Lore: Constructing the Canon" in Murray, Stephen O. (ed.). Oceanic Homosexualities . New York: Garland.
• Oana, Leilani Kyoko. 1981. Ethnocultural identification in sansei (third generation Japanese American) females : an evaluation of alternative measures. Thesis for the degree of Master of Arts (University of Hawaii at Manoa).
• Trask, Haunani-Kay. 1984, Fighting the battle of double colonization: the view of a Hawaiian feminist. East Lansing, MI: Office of Women in International Development.
• Ueunten, Wesley. 1989. Maintenance of the Okinawan ethnic community in Hawaii. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa.
• Yano, Christine R.. 1985. The Re-Integration of Japanese Bon Dance in Hawaii after World War II. Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology (SRIELA), Vol. 6, 1985

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