H. Arlo Nimmo
Autor(a) de Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawai'i: A History
About the Author
Cultural anthropologist H. Arlo Nimmo has published eight books and dozens of articles. He is professor emeritus of anthropology at California State University East Bay and lives in San Francisco.
Image credit: H. Arlo Nimmo, 2008.
Obras por H. Arlo Nimmo
Associated Works
Directions in Pacific traditional literature : essays in honor of Katharine Luomala (1976) — Editor, algumas edições — 5 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Nimmo, Harry Arlo
- Outros nomes
- Nimmo, H.
Nimmo, Harry
Nimmo, H. A. - Data de nascimento
- 1936-08-26
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Monroe, Iowa, USA
- Local de falecimento
- N/A
- Locais de residência
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Educação
- University of Hawaii (PhD - Anthropology)
- Ocupações
- professor emeritus (Anthropology)
- Organizações
- American Anthropological Association
California State University, East Bay
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- H. Arlo Nimmo is a cultural anthropologist and short story writer. He has published eleven books and dozens of articles that have appeared in both academic and popular periodicals. Most of these publications are based on his Philippines research, but he has also written about American popular culture, San Francisco history and Hawaii's volcano goddess Pele. Nimmo is currently Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at California State University East Bay and resides in San Francisco.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 66
- Popularidade
- #259,059
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 6
- ISBN
- 17
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
Today’s Hawai’i is probably the most diverse place on the planet, and the author provides some insights into the beliefs of the ancient and current Hawai’ians, the attitudes of the local non indigenous kama’aina population and some pointers for the visitor whose interests go beyond the theme park image of the islands.
The snippets of history are interesting. There are many gods and demi-gods, all of whom quarrel and fight among themselves. According the one story, “Pele loved Maui but for unspecified reasons they fought and Pele tore him asunder. Today his head and torso is one island known as Maui … Lana’I is Maui’s left arm. Moloka’I is his strong right arm… Molokini is the piko, or navel, of Maui”
The chapter I found most revealing is Chapter 7, The Pele Religion in Contemporary Hawai’i.
It starts of: “During the 1980s and 1990s Pele and some of her followers spent considerable time in the courtrooms of Hawai’i and the headlines of its newspapers. At issue was a proposal to drill for geothermal energy at volcano sites.”
It would be hard to think of anything more likely to rile Pele. A Pele Defense Fund was set up. The litigation was not successful, but the accompanying publicity was, and eventually the proposals were abandoned. The saga takes ten pages to describe, but it does show that Pele and the Pele religion is still an active force to be reckoned with in Hawai’i.… (mais)