Daughters of the Island: CHamoru Women Organizers of Guåhan and Other Writings Chamoru culture 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards

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

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Daughters of the Island: CHamoru Women Organizers of Guåhan and Other Writings Chamoru culture 2020 Independent Publisher Book AwardsDaughters 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