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Author Jebens, Holger.

Title After the cult : perceptions of other and self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea) / Holger Jebens.

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Valentine's Kivung; Chapter 3 -- Present-day memories; Chapter 4 -- Indigenous interpretation; Chapter 5 -- Indigenous perceptions of other and self; Chapter 6 -- Anthropological percetions of other and self; Chapter 7 -- Subjects and objects; Appendices; Glossary; References; Index.
Summary In many parts of the world the "white man" is perceived to be an instigator of globalization and an embodiment of modernity. However, so far anthropologists have paid little attention to the actual heterogeneity and complexity of "whiteness" in specific ethnographic contexts. This study examines cultural perceptions of other and self as expressed in cargo cults and masked dances in Papua New Guinea. Indigenous terms, images, and concepts are being contrasted with their western counterparts, the latter partly deriving from the publications and field notes of Charles Valentine. After having done his first fieldwork more than fifty years ago, this "anthropological ancestor" has now become part of the local tradition and has thus turned into a kind of mythical figure. Based on anthropological fieldwork as well as on archival studies, this book addresses the relation between western and indigenous perceptions of self and other, between "tradition" and "modernity," and between anthropological "ancestors" and "descendants." In this way the work contributes to the study of "whiteness," "cargo cults" and masked dances in Papua New Guinea.
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Subject Cargo cults -- Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island.
Cargo cults.
Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island.
Papuans -- Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island -- Psychology.
Papuans.
Psychology.
Papuans -- Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island -- Attitudes.
Self-perception -- Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island.
Self-perception.
White people -- Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- Papua New Guinea -- New Britain Island.
New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customs.
White people.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
Public opinion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Jebens, Holger. After the cult. New York : Berghahn Books, ©2010 (DLC) 2010006693
ISBN 9781845458225
1845458222
9781845456740 (hardback ; alkaline paper)