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Title: People and Cultures of Hawaii: A Psychocultural Profile by John F. McDermott ISBN: 0-8248-0706-5 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: One da kine clear explaination!
Comment: This book was able to put into words what anyone who's lived in Hawai'i has sensed all along. Chapters on Hawaiians, Caucasians, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Okinawans, Koreans, Filipinos, Samoans and the people of Indochina discuss the history of the arrivals of the different people in the islands, value systems, positive and negative stereotypes, contemporary situations, etc.

As a kid on Oahu I knew that lots of my Chinese friends had extended, multi-generational families, lots of my Japanese friends had YBA on Saturdays, lots of my Caucasian friends from military families lived almost cloistered, separate lives, that you couldn't tell if someone was part Hawaiian by their first name, that kids in my class kept putting down Filipinos, etc. But I couldn't have put any of that into words. I had no idea that hanai adoptions by a child's tutu were the norm (such that nearly 1/3 of the Hawaiian community surveyed in 1970 had legal or informal adoptions in their family). Or that traditional Japanese wives were expected to move in with their mothers-in-law. I didn't know the first thing about traditional Samoan views on childrearing.

The different chapters were all written by experts on the particular community in question. The book does a great job of presenting balanced views (including both positive and negative stereotypes) and avoiding generalizations. The book is geared towards use in the mental health care field, but will appeal to a far greater audience. This is a must-read for anyone curious about the histories of different cultural groups in Hawai'i, or with an interest in racial relations in the United States. Accessible and extremely well done!