 | Colonial Dis-Ease: U.S. Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898–1941 Subjects: United States. Navy; Public health -- Guam -- History -- 20th century; Medical policy -- Guam -- History -- 20th century; Imperialism -- Health aspects -- Guam -- History -- 20th century; Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- Health and hygiene -- Guam -- Hist; A variety of cross-cultural collisions and collusions--sometimes amusing, sometimes tragic, but always complex--resulted from the U.S. Navy's introduction of Western health and sanitation practices to Guam's native population. In Colonial Dis-Ease, Anne Perez Hattori examines early twentieth-century U.S. military colonialism through the lens of Western medicine and its cultural impact on the Chamorro people. In four case studies, Hattori considers the histories of Chamorro leprosy patients exiled to Culion Leper Colony in the Philippines, hookworm programs for children, the regulation of native midwives and nurses, and the creation and operation of the Susana Hospital for women and children. Anne Perez Hattori is a native Chamorro, born and raised in Guam. She is professor of history, Micronesian studies, and CHamoru studies at the University of Guam. |
