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kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui

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kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui is a Native Hawaiian author who is known for her scholarship on Pele.

Early life and education

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Born in Kailua, Oʻahu, hoʻomanawanui also spent part of her childhood on Kauaʻi at Wailua Homesteads.[1] Attending the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an undergraduate, hoʻomanawanui earned her B.A. in Hawaiian Studies, an M.A. in Polynesian Religion, and PhD in English literature at the university.[1] While in graduate school, hoʻomanawanui was a founding editor of ʻŌiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal. She became the chief editor after the passing of Mahealani Dudoit.[1]

Career

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hoʻomanawanui has been a full professor with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa since 2007,[2] teaching Native Hawaiian literature and Pacific (Oceanic) literature. Her focus is on moʻolelo, especially the legends of the Hawaiian goddess Pele. hoʻomanawanui is the first Native Hawaiian with a tenure track position in the Department of English at the University of Hawaiʻi.[3] Her work received an honorable mention for the Modern Language Association Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages.[4]

Bibliography

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  • hoʻomanawanui, kuʻualoha (2014). Voices of fire : reweaving the literary lei of Pele and Hi'iaka. Minneapolis. ISBN 978-1-4529-4120-2. OCLC 881732359.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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  1. ^ a b c ":: Tradewinds -- Department of English -- University of Hawaii at Manoa ::". 2012-05-16. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  2. ^ "UH Will Allow Students To Earn Credit While Protesting TMT". Honolulu Civil Beat. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  3. ^ "Pele's Ph.D." Hana Hou!. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  4. ^ "Reweaving of Pele and Hiiaka literature honored by MLA | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2021-03-25.