Kapu: Gender Roles in Traditional Society cultural arts plus two that label star

plus two that label star names in Hawaiian

Pele and the Rivers of Fire introduces Hawaiʻi’s beloved volcano goddess and her siblings in an inspiring tale about personal strength and overcoming adversity

Heartfelt and personal

where hand-painted warnings adorned the rocky path

The paper feels handmade and the cover is a 3-D cutout of Hawaiian fern and hibiscus

Kapu: Gender Roles in Traditional Society cultural arts plus two that label starKapu touches upon the sensitive issue of the role of men and women in Native Hawaiian society. Looking for the earliest traditional and historical accounts, Malcolm Nea Chun traces the roles of men and women in traditional society and describes the ending of the Kapu system and the influence brought about by the introduction of foreigners and foreign ideas. He then poses a most difficult question for Native Hawaiians since the ending of the kapu