Colonial Dis-Ease : US Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898-1941 / Anne Perez Hattori.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hattori, Anne Perez, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chamorro (Micronesian people)--Health and hygiene--Guam--History--20th century.

Chamorro (Micronesian people).

Imperialism--Health aspects--Guam--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

Medical policy--Guam--History--20th century.

Medical policy.

Public health--Guam--History--20th century.

Public health.

United States. Navy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2004]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A variety of cross-cultural collisions and collusions-sometimes amusing, sometimes tragic, but always complex-resulted from the U.S. Navy's introduction of Western health and sanitation practices to Guam's native population. In Colonial Dis-Ease, Anne Perez Hattori examines early twentieth-century U.S. military colonialism through the lens of Western medicine and its cultural impact on the Chamorro people. In four case studies, Hattori considers the histories of Chamorro leprosy patients exiled to Culion Leper Colony in the Philippines, hookworm programs for children, the regulation of native midwives and nurses, and the creation and operation of the Susana Hospital for women and children.Changes to Guam's traditional systems of health and hygiene placed demands not only on Chamorro bodies, but also on their cultural values, social relationships, political controls, and economic expectations. Hattori effectively demonstrates that the new health projects signified more than a benevolent interest in hygiene and the philanthropic sharing of medical knowledge. Rather the navy's health care regime in Guam was an important vehicle through which U.S. colonial power and moral authority over Chamorros was introduced and entrenched. Medical experts, navy doctors, and health care workers asserted their scientific knowledge as well as their administrative might and in the process became active participants in the colonization of Guam.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editor's Note

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Sanitary Confinement: Guam and the US Navy, 1898-1941

Chapter 2. "We Have Taught Guam to Wash Her Face": The US Naval Government and Western Medicine on Guam

Chapter 3. "They Were Treated Like Animals in a Parade": Fear and Loathing of Hansen's Disease on Guam

Chapter 4. Feminine Hygiene: The US Navy, Chamorro Maternity, and Gender Relations in Colonial Guam

Chapter 5. "The Cry of the Little People": The Susana Hospital and Guam's Women and Children

Chapter 6. Hookworm and Hygiene: Chamorro Children and the Clinical Gaze

Chapter 7. Conclusion: Colonial Dis-Ease on Guam, 1898-1941

Notes

Glossary of Chamorro Language Terms

Bibliography

Index

Other volumes in the pacific islands monograph series

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824851194

0824851196

OCLC:

1013954721