Abstract: In the second half of the 19th century， Hawaii entered the period of rampant leprosy. The colonial government took quarantine， confinement and other control measures， which contained into the spread of the disease to some extent. In this context， leprosy becomes a central image in Londons Hawaiian narratives， mirroring the correlation between the writer and national politics， and reflecting the authors complex and multidimensional standpoint: On the one hand， London boasts the effectiveness of the governments control of leprosy and highlights the Hawaiis natural resources to the national strategic significance in order to shift the civil concern from leprosy to land development and overseas immigration. On the other hand， London extols interracial marriage， revealing his yearning for racial integration and national identity. Londons discursive practice of consolidating the American domination in Hawaii in art and literature exposes a mismatch between the Hawaiian land and Americas nationalization， and his frontier consciousness and imperial stance are on full display.

Key words: Hawaiian narrative; leprosy; interracial marriage; imagination of empire

摘要： 19世纪下半叶的夏威夷正处于麻风病的肆虐期。殖民政府采取隔离、禁闭及其他防控措施，一定程度上遏制了疫病蔓延的势头。在此语境下，麻风病成为伦敦夏威夷叙事中的核心意象，折射出作家与国家政治之间产生的微妙共振，也展露出作家复杂多维的面相：一方面，创作主体夸耀政府对麻风病的规范治疗成效和赋予夏威夷自然资源以国家战略意义，目的是将国人对疫病的视点转移到土地开发和海外移民上；另一方面，作家对跨种族联姻赞赏有加，流露出寻求种族互融和民族认同的深情呼唤。伦敦从文化层面巩固美国在夏威夷统治权的话语实践，暴露了土地的夏威夷性与文艺中的美国性建构之间的不协和音程，其边疆意识和帝国立场也昭然若揭。

关键词: 夏威夷叙事；麻风病；跨种族联姻；帝国想象