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Lilo's 'Ohana: Mainland and Pacific Children Meet through Media

Session 8 - Sunday 2:45-4:15pm
Henry Hall 102
Presiding Officer: 
Tiffany S. Teofilo
  1. He Inoa no Lilo: Resisting the Disneyfication of Hawaiian Culture. ku'ualoha ho'omanawanui, University of Hawai'i, Manoa

    This paper critiques Disney’s depiction of Native Hawaiians and Hawaiian culture as portrayed in Lilo and Stitch from an indigenous perspective, focusing on misrepresentations of important Hawaiian cultural values such as 'ohana (family), identity, and relationship to 'äina (land).

  2. O'Hana Means Family: Construction of the "Self" and "Other" in Disney's Lilo and Stitch. Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt, TU Dortmund

    The paper will discuss the movie from a postcolonial perspective by focusing on issues of racial otherness and explores the role of “the alien” and/or “the other” in the movie.

  3. Aloha, Sabrina! Coming-of-Age as a Witch in Waikiki. Tiffany S. Teofilo, Ohio University

    This presentation explores the tropes of Hawai'ian stereotypes encountered in an episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the effect these modes of thinking about Hawai'ian culture have on mainlanders' perceptions of islanders.

Session Type: 
Special Session
Session Status: 
Closed