Just Left of the Setting Sun is a collection of non-fiction essays
by a young Chamoru scholar-activist from the island of Guam. These
essays reflect the present-day reality of the indigenous people of
the island of Guam. This book is framed in the context of an island
that exists amidst the many conflicts and contradictions of being
"freed from colonialism" by another colonial power in 1898 and
"liberated from wartime aggression" by a country that put in under
a Naval Administration until the 1960s and who worked to eliminate
the culture of the local people through forced assimilation and
nominal citizenship. It is written to articulate the reality of the
Chamoru people of Guam as an indigenous Pacific Island culture, an
American minority group, and an island people threatened by the
encroachment of globalization into their lives. These essays will
cause the reader to think critically on the subjects of
globalization, sustainable development, sustainable governance,
cultural reclamation, and self-determination on Guam, amongst the
indigenous and colonized peoples in the world, question the value
of democracy if it is involuntarily imposed on a people. This book
is especially relevant for the present state of the world. Just
Left is included in an academic series that we publish, 'The 1898
Consciousness Studies Series'. This series is a varied collection
of essays on consciousness today in areas affected by the
Spanish-American War and consequent possession by the U.S. These
include The Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. Praise for
Just Left of the Setting Sun "Fierce and compassionate, bold and
resolute, Just Left of the Setting Sun is at once a coming into
consciousness as it isa conch-shell blare for action by and for a
new generation of Chamorros, the indigenous people of an island and
archipelago long colonized by Spain, Japan and the United States of
America. As critical towards fellow Chamorros who aid and abet the
colonizer as he is of the colonizers themselves, Aguon also
importantly situates the need for Native Struggles for Political
and Cultural Self-Determination and Sovereignty within
Feminist/Womanist critiques and global struggles for economic,
social, and environmental justice, thereby providing a glimpse into
the possibilities for local struggle informed and articulated to
global movements beyond pan-indigenous movements per se, and for
keeping global movements and political theory grounded in
Indigenous traditions." Vicente M. Diaz Associate Professor of
American Culture University of Michigan, Ann Arbor "Aguon
re-introduces us to the principles of international law as a
guiding framework to the resolution of the dilemma brought about by
the present non self-governing arrangements which provide the
trappings of democratic governance, but in reality are rather
democratically deficient by any objective examination. Indeed, an
important component of new millennium colonialism is the existence,
but not the recognition, of this democratic deficit... ..."Just
Left of the Setting Sun" should be required reading for the people
in the remaining territories, young and old, who need to
discover/re-discover the fire within, that they might further move
the process forward, if only by a few steps further along the
continuum. In a very real sense, as Aguon observes, "inside the
heart of the Chamoru is still an ocean of latent potentialities
waiting tosurge." Dr. Carlyle Corbin Advisor on Governance and
Political Development St. Croix, Virgin Islands
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