Kapu: Gender Roles in Traditional Society cultural arts This textbook is a first

This textbook is a first of its kind

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

heard her first Hawaiian legend from a guide on a mule-back trip during a visit to the Big Island of Hawaiʻi

where hand-painted warnings adorned the rocky path

plus two that label star names in Hawaiian

Kapu: Gender Roles in Traditional Society cultural arts This textbook is a firstKapu 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