Books by Houston Wood

Explores the varying contexts in which indigenous film making takes place and how they challenge some of the basic assumptions of viewers. Written for students, this book demonstrates how indigenous films challenge some of the basic assumptions of viewers who experience these films while using national cinemas as their models.

An examination of the strategies used by outsiders to usurp Hawaiian lands and undermine indigenous Hawaiian culture. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples, it investigates Captain Cook's journals, Hollywood films and commercialized hula, to show how they displace native culture.