@book{24649,
  keywords = {leprosy, History, Hawaii, book review},
  author = {Inglis K},
  title = {Ma{\textquoteright}i Lepera: Disease and displacement in nineteenth-century Hawai{\textquoteright}i},
  abstract = {The basic story of leprosy on Hawaii is well known. As leprosy rose to prominence in the nineteenth century, the kingdom established a settlement on Molokai where Father (now saint) Damien (born Jozef De Veuster) cared for the suffering victims. Inglis renders this story obsolete. She provides a fascinating and nuanced mo{\textquoteright}olelo{\textemdash}a {\textquotedblleft}history, story, tale, myth, tradition, literature, legend, or record{\textquotedblright}{\textemdash}that puts Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) at the center of the drama. Practicing {\textquotedblleft}ethnographic history,{\textquotedblright} Inglis sets out {\textquotedblleft}to search for voices yet unheard, to translate the silences, and to find meaning in those past experiences{\textquotedblright} . She mines sources that previous historians neglected and makes powerful use of Hawaiian language letters, petitions, complaints, and newspaper editorials to reveal a world of suffering and resistance. The result is an important book for anyone interested in the history of disease and colonialism. },
  year = {2013},
  language = {eng},
}