Daughters of the Island: CHamoru Women Organizers of Guåhan and Other Writings Chamoru culture the Augustinian Recollects (1789-1908)

the Augustinian Recollects (1789-1908)

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

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

while tackling modern-day issues including the importance of preserving the CHamoru language and culture

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

Daughters of the Island: CHamoru Women Organizers of Guåhan and Other Writings Chamoru culture the Augustinian Recollects (1789-1908)Daughters 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