Regulating Hawaiian Sexualities: Challenging Colonial Imposition to Reclaim Autonomy
Stephanie Nohelani Teves
Hūlili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being, 12, 27–51.
Abstract
This essay traces how colonial laws and values reshaped Kanaka Maoli understandings of sexuality, relationships, and gender, constraining ancestral expressions of intimacy and self-determination. By examining historical and contemporary examples, it calls for reclaiming Hawaiian ways of imagining pilina beyond colonial frameworks.
Recommended Citation
Teves, S. N. (2026). Regulating Hawaiian sexualities: Challenging colonial imposition to reclaim autonomy. Hūlili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being, 12, 27–51.
