After the Cult: Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea)

Jebens, Holger

 
9781845456740: After the Cult: Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea)
ISBN 10 : 1845456742 ISBN 13 : 9781845456740
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2010

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Holger Jebens is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of Goethe University, Senior Research Fellow at the Frobenius Institute and Managing Editor of Paideuma. He spent many years doing fieldwork in highland and seaboard Papua New Guinea. His publications include Cargo, Cult, and Culture Critique (Hawai'i University Press, 2004), Pathways to Heaven (Berghahn Books, 2005), and The end of Anthropology (co-ed., Sean Kingston Publishing, 2011).

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845456742
ISBN 13 
9781845456740
Reliure
Belle reliure
Nombre de pages
250
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9780857457981: After the Cult: Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0857457985 ISBN 13 :  9780857457981
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2012
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