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12%OFFKu´ualoha Ho´omanawanui - Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi´iaka - 9780816679225 - V9780816679225
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Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi´iaka

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Description for Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi´iaka Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.

Stories of the volcano goddess Pele and her youngest sister Hi‘iaka, patron of hula, are most familiar as a form of literary colonialism—first translated by missionary descendants and others, then co-opted by Hollywood and the tourist industry. But far from quaint tales for amusement, the Pele and Hi‘iaka literature published between the 1860s and 1930 carried coded political meaning for the Hawaiian people at a time of great upheaval. Voices of Fire recovers the lost and often-suppressed significance of this literature, restoring it to its primary place in Hawaiian culture.

Ku‘ualoha ho‘omanawanui takes up mo‘olelo (histories, stories, narratives), mele (poetry, ... Read more

The first book-length analysis of Pele and Hi‘iaka literature written by a Native Hawaiian scholar, Voices of Fire compellingly lays the groundwork for a larger conversation of Native American literary nationalism.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816679225
SKU
V9780816679225
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Ku´ualoha Ho´omanawanui
ku’ualoha ho’omanawanui is associate professor of Hawaiian literature in the English department at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Reviews for Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi´iaka
 "ku'ualoha ho'omanawanui artfully performs the cultural and intellectual labor of overturning dominant paradigms and creating new ways of seeing and being an Kanaka 'Oiwi (Indigenous Hawaiian) woman and member of the Lahui (Nation) that draws inspiration from the volcano goddess Pele and her favored youngest siste Hi'iaka, patron of hula. This is an important and exciting book." —Ty P. Kawika ... Read more

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