Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory (A Latitude 20 Book) - Hardcover

Law, Anwei Skinsnes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824834658 ISBN 13: 9780824834654

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2012

Synopsis

Between 1866 and 1969, an estimated 8,000 individuals were sent to Molokai’s remote Kalaupapa peninsula because they were believed to have leprosy. They left a powerful testimony of their lives in the form of letters, petitions, music, memoirs, and oral history interviews. This combines more than 200 hours of interviews with archival documents, including over 300 letters and petitions written by the earliest residents translated from Hawaiian.

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Review:

This is a large and attractive volume, brimming with high quality photographs of the residents and the landscapes
they inhabited. Many of the images, especially the closeup portraits, are deeply poignant, and reinforce the human
dimension of this public health policy while highlighting the individuality of those affected.

-- "H-Disability: Humanities and Social Sciences Online"

About the Author:

Anwei Skinsnes Law first visited Kalaupapa in 1968 at the age of sixteen. Over the last forty years, she has researched the history of leprosy in Hawai'i, conducted oral history interviews at Kalaupapa, and produced documentaries and books on different aspects of Kalaupapa's history. Since 1994 Law has served as the international coordinator of IDEA, the largest international human rights organization by and for people who have experienced leprosy.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0824834658
• ISBN 13: 9780824834654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576