Placental Politics: Chamoru Women, White Womanhood, and Indigeneity under U.S. Colonialism in Guam

Placental Politics: Chamoru Women, White Womanhood, and Indigeneity under U.S. Colonialism in GuamFrom 1898 until World War II, U. S. imperial expansion brought significant numbers of white American women to Guam, primarily as wives to naval officers stationed on the island. Indigenous CHamoru women engaged with navy wives in a range of settings, and they used their relationships with American women to forge new forms of social and political power. As Christine Taitano DeLisle explains, much of the interaction between these women occurred in the

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University of Minnesota Press || 232 pages || Softcover