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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Frierson, Pamela.     Subjects     Volcanoes -- Hawaii -- Hawaii Island.     Hawaiian mythology.     Hawaii Island (Hawaii) -- Social life and customs.     Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii)     Mauna Loa (Hawaii Island, Hawaii)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Frierson, Pamela.       by title:      The burning island [...         MARC Display

The burning island [electronic resource] : myth and history in Volcano Country, Hawaiʻi / Pamela Frierson. by Frierson, Pamela. San Antonio : Trinity University Press, 2012. Subjects Volcanoes -- Hawaii -- Hawaii Island.   Hawaiian mythology.   Hawaii Island (Hawaii) -- Social life and customs.   Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii)   Mauna Loa (Hawaii Island, Hawaii) Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=7D411A94-C252-4B92-951F-7C5B9A140573 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1486-1/{7D411A94-C252-4B92-951F-7C5B9A140573}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781595341730 (electronic bk.) 1595341730 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (291 pages) Requests:  0 Summary:  Westerners, from early missionaries to explorers to present-day artists, scientists, and tourists, have always found volcanoes fascinating and disturbing. Native Hawaiians, in contrast, revere volcanoes as a source of spiritual energy and see the volcano goddess Pele as part of the natural cycle of a continuously procreative cosmos. Volcanoes hold a special place in our curiosity about nature. The Burning Island is an intimate, multilayered portrait of the Hawaiian volcano region--a land marked by a precarious tension between the harsh reality of constant geologic change, respect for mythological...   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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