Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi‘iaka by Ku‘ualoha Ho‘omanawanui

Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi‘iaka

Ku‘ualoha Ho‘omanawanui

285 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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. Bu...

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