Native Men Remade

A native feminist text consists of focusing on the relationship with colonization, decolonization, reclaiming, and combating traditional western patriarchal concepts of power and representation. When looking at Native Men Remade and Native Hubs, it is evident that both text seek to reclaim and to counter the westerns ideal rutted in colonization. In Native Men Remade by Ty Tengan native Hawaiian communities are explained. Here a specific community and indigenous group is talked about, being the Hawaiian tribal community. Tengan focuses on examining the gendered concepts and ideals projected on indigenous Hawaiian men. Tengan describes Hawaiian men as being disempowered by he legacies of colonization and by the tourist industry which promotes a feminized image of Hawaiians. Native Hawaiian men are portrayed or iconized by the image of a female hula dancer vastly promoted by tourism. Native Hawaiian men then sought to counter this notion by creating a sense of individual masculinity in creating a group called the Hale Mua (the “Mens Hoiuse”). The Hale Mua sought to dismantle the feminized stereotype of being Hawaiian and asserted a warrior masculinity through practices including martial arts, woodcarving, and cultural ceremonies (cite!!!). Unlike Native Men Remade, Native Hubs focuses on the notion of …show more content…
Native feminism focusing on community struggles and representation rather than female gendered struggles. Both text seek to explain how native hubs or the Hale Mua are methods to reclaim who one was prior to colonization. Both text also focus on how gender and colonization has affected the community as a whole and describe methods to regain autonomy and to step away fro assimilation as evident by creating hubs and creating groups such as Hale Mua in the hope to regain community and traditional views of culture and