| Autor: |
Indriyanto, Kristiawan |
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k@ta; Jun2022, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p |
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This study contextualizes the representation of leprosy on three novels written by Hawai'ian-American writers, focusing on segregation of lepers in Moloka'i island. Hawai'ians cultural contexts concerning identity based on familial ties and sense of place is employed to explore how leprosy problematizes the issue of identity formation. This study also explores the concept of ecological Other as theorized by Serpil Oppermann to contextualize leprosy as racialized disease. The objects of this study are three Hawai'ian-American novels, Hawai'i (1959), Shark Dialogues (1995) and Moloka'i (2004). The analysis underlines how segregation toward lepers functions as one apparatus of colonial power projected toward diseased colonized subject. Representation of leprosy in selected Hawai'ian-American literature contextualizes the stigma associated toward its sufferers and disrupts the question of identity through erasure of familial ties. It further posits the possibility of reclaiming genealogy and how the restoration results in the formation of hybrid Hawai'ian identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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