Daughters of the Island: CHamoru Women Organizers of Guåhan and Other Writings Chamoru culture the Augustinian Recollects (1789-1908)

the Augustinian Recollects (1789-1908)

This work aims to articulate the mindscape of an indigenous CHamoru consciousness through ec(h)o literature: literature that interprets signs in the natural environment as echoes from ancestors

The book documents the natural histories

it represents the imperative and obligatory Indigenous project of decolonizing and indigenizing histories in academia and beyond

This book opens with a long introduction analyzing the context of production of the Histoire

Daughters of the Island: CHamoru Women Organizers of Guåhan and Other Writings Chamoru culture the Augustinian Recollects (1789-1908)Daughters is a critical study of the historical roles and contributions of CHamoru women in Guhan and their complex negotiations of the shifting cultural and political landscapes of kostumbren CHamoru under Spanish, American, and Japanese colonialisms. Writing from the authoritative vantage point as hgan hga blood daughter, and based on extensive oral history and archival work, Souder weaves a story of CHamoru womens resilience against western