Local Story: The Massie-Kahahawai Case and the Culture of History

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153 index AAU (Amateur Athletic Union), 16 academia, 78, 97, 104, 108 Adams, Romanzo, 11–12, 58, 59, 128n42 African Americans: and myth of male rapist, 120n4; and Scottsboro case, 1, 28 Ahakuelo, Benedict “Benny”: accusations against, 1; actions/movements on Sept. 12, 22–24; area of residence, 19; defense lawyer for, 40; friendships with Japanese Americans, 59; and Kauluwela Gang, 13–14; media portrayals of, 16; newspaper interview in later life, 85–86; physical prowess of, 16; picked up by police, Sept. 13, 24; on reason police picked up ­ Kauluwela Boys, 25; schools attended, 19; and sports, 16, 20; views body of Joseph Kahahawai, 49. See also Ala Moana assault trial Ahakuelo, Deena, 93 Ahuna, Robert, 52–53 ahupua‘a (geographic districts), 18 Akina, Ernest A. K., 49 Ala Moana assault trial: circumstances leading to assault, 1, 38–40; defense lawyers, 40–41; jury members , 40; mistrial, 1–2, 42; mixed jury, whites objection to, 61; prosecution lawyers, 40; ­ responses to, 41–43; testimony of Thalia Massie, 41; trial, 40–41 Ala Moana Boys, 10, 25 Ala Wai Inn, 17, 38–39 alienists (expert witnesses), 2, 69 ali‘i (chiefly class), 46, 47 All God’s Dangers (Rosengarten), 108 All I Asking For Is My Body­(Murayama), 106 Aloha Amusement Park, 17, 22, 23 “Aloha ‘Oe”, 53, 54, 127n27 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), 16 American English, 13 An n after a page number indicates a note on that page. 154 index Americanization, 60 American Weekly, 56 Anderson, Benedict, 29 annexation of Hawai‘i, 46–47, 55, 57 Ariyoshi, Koji, 83 audiences: academic, 97; continental, 5, 6, 7, 66, 76, 79, 89; general, 82, 91; local, 5, 6, 7, 66, 76, 79, 102; ­ public/community, 66, 78;­ university students, 89–91 Bamboo Ridge poets, 115 barefoot football, 16, 20 baseball, 15 Becket, Jan, 98 Bellinger, Eustace (Mr. and Mrs.), 40 Berger, John, 96–97 Big Five firms, 31, 48, 56–57, 63, 65, 67 Bingham, Hiram, III, 82 Black, Cobey, 6, 10–11, 84, 96, 114 Blaisdell, Kekuni, 54–55, 97 Blaisdell, William, 97 Blood and Orchids (novel; Katov), 85, 88, 96, 113, 127n29 Blood and Orchids (television­ miniseries), 8, 79, 88, 91–92, 107, 113; rebroadcast of, 94, 114 Bodnar, John, 78 Botello, John G., 40 boxing, 15, 16, 20, 23 Branson, Jerry, 39 Brede, William, 40 Brennert, Alan, 114 Britten, Frederick, 56–57 Brownmiller, Susan, 27–28, 120n4, 130n22 Bukeley, Rudolph, 67 “bull” (leader), 20, 119n37 Burns, James, 93 Burrows, Edwin G., 82–83 Carroll, Dennis, 6, 96–97, 114 Chamber of Commerce, 31, 81, 83 Chang, Henry: accusations against, 1; actions/movements on Sept. 12, 23; area of residence, 19; defense lawyer for, 40; and Kauluwela Gang, 13–14; picked up by police, Sept. 13, 24; schools attended, 19; and sports, 20; views body of Joseph Kahahawai, 49. See also Ala Moana assault trial Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History (Huang), 114 Charlot, John, 53 Chinese Americans: electorate, 47, 57; in Republican Party, 58 Citizens’ Organization for Good Government , 36, 42 Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned (Farrow), 115 class. See haole elites; Native Hawaiian elites; working class collective memory, 8, 78 Collins, Max Allan, 94, 114 commission form of government, 56–57, 83 Communist Party, 83 Correa, Sylvester P., 13, 22, 119n44 Correa luau, 22–23, 24 Coulter, John Wesley, 34, 122n25 countermemory, 94 Cristy, Albert M., 66, 67 cultural geography, of urban Honolulu: identity and, 17–18, 34–35; zones of compatibility and competition, 21 cultural nationalism of King Kalākaua, 53–54 cultural productions: documentary, 6, 95–96, 97–98, 100, 114; film, 106–107; historical reenactments, 92–93; mele (song), 53–54; novels, 85, 88, 96, 114; play, 6, 96–97, 114; poetry, 115; television miniseries, index 155 8, 79, 88, 91–92, 94, 107, 113, 114; textbook, 89–91; true-crime books, 11, 84–85, 94. See also­ individual works by title culture: American, role in development of local culture, 15; military personnel cultural frames of reference , 37–38; Native Hawaiian cultural activities, 54, 56, 103; youth culture, 11–12 curriculum: kindergarten-grade 12 (K-12), 6, 86; university/college, 6, 89–91 Damned in Paradise (Collins), 94, 114 dances, 15, 16, 25; at Aloha Amusement Park, 17, 22, 23 Darrow, Clarence: agrees to become defense attorney, 2, 67; assistants to, 68; closing remarks, 72; criticism by Theon Wright, 84; fee...