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Record Nr.

UNINA9910275048903321

Autore

Abong Marcellin

Titolo

Kago, Kastom and Kalja: The Study of Indigenous Movements in Melanesia Today / / Marcellin Abong, Marc Tabani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Marseille, : pacific-credo Publications, 2018

ISBN

2-9563981-2-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BiersackAletta

DaltonDoug

HermannElfriede

JollyMargaret

LindstromLamont

MacintyreMartha

TabaniMarc

AbongMarcellin

Soggetti

History

Anthropology

Melanesia

Pacific

Cargo Cults

Kastom

political movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, bringing together six ethnographic papers and an epilogue first presented at ASAO sessions in 2009 (Santa Cruz) and 2010 (Alexandria), includes a wealth of ethnographic and historical information on a topic of enduring interest in Pacific studies and anthropology: cargo cults. These fascinating social phenomena undoubtedly have ongoing relevance for ethnographies of Melanesia. In this collection of papers, we learn about the history of the concept



itself as well as how contemporary movements articulate world views, political awareness, material desires and even criticism of the now globalized concept of cargo cult itself. The chapters offer remarkable stories of cult activities and interesting arguments about the entanglement of Western desire for both cargo and cults with these Melanesian visions of how to create a prosperous future for themselves.