51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽian Womenās Sexual Labor, Commercial Capitalism & US Commerce in 1820s
March 10, 12:00pm - 1:15pmMānoa Campus, Sakamaki Hall A201 & via zoom
Centering 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽian women in foreign arrivals to 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽāi, from 1780s ā 1840s, shows how these women drew on an understanding of their world to become the primary traders of goods and sexual services. This vantage point orients our attention to the multiplicity of forces including 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽian and foreign governance, commercial, and religious interests that sought to govern 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽian women, their sexual practices, and their partners. This talk, "āNani wale ka ikena, na pua i Kalonaā: 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽian Womenās Sexual Labor, Commercial Capitalism, and American Commerce in 1820s 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽŹ»i," will examine how the 1820s ushered in early commercial capitalism. The development of commerce in 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽāi cannot be told without 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽian women. It was their sexual availability that boosted commerce ā retail, agriculture, shipping, and whaling ā for both 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽians and Americans. Sharing examples of intimacy and desire, this talk draws on a larger dissertation project about 51ĀŅĀ×»»ĘŽian women as active agents, rather than coerced victims, broadening our understanding how the trade of sexual labor and goods with foreigners offered opportunities for the accrual of imports. About the speaker: Catherine Ź»ÄŖmaikalani Ulep is a Kanaka Maoli Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesotaās history department. Her focuses are KÄnaka Maoli history, early American history, Labor history, and Womenās and Gender history. She enjoys researching sites in which Indigenous gender systems, material culture, and cross-cultural relations intersect. Email yuma@hawaii.edu for the zoom link.
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