Voices of Fire

Description:

"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."--Back cover.

subjects: Publishers and publishing, united states,  Literature and folklore,  Mythology, hawaiian,  Pele (hawaiian diety),  American literature, history and criticism,  Folklore, united states,  Hawaiian literature,  History and criticism,  Publishers and publishing,  History,  Hawaiian mythology,  Folklore,  Pele (Hawaiian deity)