Sacred Hula Songs: Hawaii’s Oral Literary Tradition

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Nathaniel B. Emerson’s Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula makes one of Hawaiian culture’s foundational art forms available to an English-speaking audience. Emphasizing the importance of the hula to Hawaiian history and religion, Emerson breaks ground on an emerging subject of study for folklorists and historians alike.

Nathaniel B. Emerson

Softcover, 340 pp.

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