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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

hoʻomanawanui, kuʻualoha.

Series:

First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawaii--Folklore.

Hawaiian literature--History and criticism--Hawaii.

Hawaiian literature.

Publishers and publishing--History--Hawaii.

Publishers and publishing.

Literature and folklore.

Hawaiian mythology.

Pele (Hawaiian deity).

Pele.

Local Subjects:

Hawaii--Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1860's 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. <

Contents:

Cover; Papa Kuhikuhi / Contents; Ka Pule Wehe / The Opening Prayer: Kūnihi ka Mauna (Steep Stands the Mountain); Ka Pane / The Response; 'Ōlelo Ha'i Mua / Preface; Nā Mahalo / Acknowledgments; 'Ōlelo Mua / Introduction: Ke Ha'a lā Puna i ka Makani (Puna Dances in the Breeze); Mokuna / Chapter 1. Mai Kahiki Mai ka Wahine, 'o Pele (From Kahiki Came the Woman, Pele): Historicizing the Pele and Hi'iaka Mo'olelo; Mokuna / Chapter 2. 'O nā Lehua Wale i Kā'ana (The Lehua Blossoms Alone at Kā'ana): Weaving the Mo'okū'auhau of Oral and Literary Traditions

Mokuna / Chapter 3. Lele ana 'o Ka'ena i ka Mālie (Ka'ena Soars Like a Bird in the Calm): Pele and Hi'iaka Mo'olelo as Intellectual HistoryMokuna / Chapter 4. Ke Lei maila 'o Ka'ula i ke Kai ē (Ka'ula Is Wreathed by the Sea): Pele and Hi'iaka Mo'olelo and Kanaka Maoli Culture; Mokuna / Chapter 5. 'O 'Oe ia, e Wailua Iki (It Is You, Wailua Iki): Mana Wahine in the Pele and Hi'iaka Mo'olelo; Mokuna / Chapter 6. Hulihia Ka Mauna (The Mountain Is Overturned by Fire): Weaving a Literary Tradition-the Polytexts and Politics of the Pele and Hi'iaka Mo'olelo

Mokuna / Chapter 7. Aloha Kīlauea, ka 'Āina Aloha (Cherished Is Kīlauea, the Beloved Land): Remembering, Reclaiming, Recovering, and Retelling-Pele and Hi'iaka Mo'olelo as Hawaiian Literary Nationalism Ka Pule Pani / The Closing Prayer: He Pule no Hi'iakaikapoliopele (Hi'iakaikapoliopele's Prayer); 'Ōlelo Wehewehe Hope / Notes; Papa Wehewehe 'Ōlelo / Glossary; Papa Kuhikuhi o nā Mea Kūmole 'ia / Works Cited; Papa Kuhikuhi Hō'ike / Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4120-3