Daughters of the Island: CHamoru Women Organizers of Guåhan and Other Writings Chamoru culture hard-paper cover featuring a beautiful

hard-paper cover featuring a beautiful view of Tumon Bay from Puntan Dos Amantes (Two Lovers Point) on the front and the historic Guam Emblem on the back

This work aims to articulate the mindscape of an indigenous CHamoru consciousness through ec(h)o literature: literature that interprets signs in the natural environment as echoes from ancestors

The book documents the natural histories

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2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze Medal recipient for Best Regional Non-Fiction for Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Rim

Daughters of the Island: CHamoru Women Organizers of Guåhan and Other Writings Chamoru culture hard-paper cover featuring a beautifulDaughters is a critical study of the historical roles and contributions of CHamoru women in Guhan and their complex negotiations of the shifting cultural and political landscapes of kostumbren CHamoru under Spanish, American, and Japanese colonialisms. Writing from the authoritative vantage point as hgan hga blood daughter, and based on extensive oral history and archival work, Souder weaves a story of CHamoru womens resilience against western