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DeSoto’s strong interest in popular culture eventually led him into the research and writing of Hawaiʻi Recalls

Author Jerry Hopkins

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hardcover   |   114 pages   |   5

Author & Illustrator Born and raised on Oʻahu

Aloha: Traditions of Love and Affection 3to8supp DeSoto’s strong interest in popularIn Aloha Chun addresses the topic of love and affection and the evolution of the use of the related word, aloha. Through his research, which included the use of numerous primary sources, Malcolm Nea Chun has found that aloha has a meaning that goes far beyond a simple greeting such as hello and goodbye. In fact, he asserts that aloha has undergone a post contact transformation so that its original meaning is now merely a secondary meaning. He