9. Faikava: A Philosophy of Diasporic Tongan Youth, Hip Hop, and Urban Kava Circles

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Reppin’, Island Style 1
5. Part I. Governance, Law, and Education
6. 1. Kōti Rangatahi: Whanaungatanga Justice and the “Magnificence of the Connectedness” 33
7. 2. “Raise Your Pen”: A Critical Race Essay on Truth and Justice 55
8. 3. Pasifika Lens: An Analysis of Sāmoan Student Experiences in Australian High Schools 84
9. Part II. Popular Culture, Social Media, and Hip Hop
10. 4. Screen Sovereignty: Urban Youth and Community Media in Vanuatu 109
11. 5. “Holla mai! Tongan 4 life!”: Transnational Citizenship, Youth Style, and Mediated Interaction through Online Social Networking Communities 129
12. 6. Making Waves: Marshallese Youth Culture, “Minor Songs,” and Major Challenges 150
13. Part III. Indigenous Masculinities
14. 7. Kanaka Waikīkī: The Stonewall Gang and Beachboys of O‘ahu, 1916–1954 177
15. 8. “Still feeling it”: Addressing the Unresolved Grief among the Sāmoan Bloods of Aotearoa New Zealand 199
16. 9. Faikava: A Philosophy of Diasporic Tongan Youth, Hip Hop, and Urban Kava Circles 219
17. 10. The “Young Kings of Kalihi”: Boys and Bikes in Hawai‘i’s Urban Ahupua‘a 239
18. Contributors 263
19. Index 267