Kago, kastom and kalja : the study of indigenous movements in Melanesia today
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 fas...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Language: | Anglais |
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Marseille :
pacific-credo Publications
2018.
Marseille : OpenEdition |
| Series: | Cahiers du Credo
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| Online Access: | Ressource accessible en libre accès Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub). |
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Description d'après la consultation, 2018-05-16 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 216 p. OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Kago, kastom and kalja, the study of indigenous movements in Melanesia today, edited by Marc Tabani and Marcellin Abong, 2013, Marseille, pacific-credo Publications, 1 vol. (216 p.), Cahiers du Credo, 978-2-9537485-1-2 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description d'après la consultation, 2018-05-16 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 216 p. OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Format: | Navigateur Web |
| Bibliography: | Notes bibliogr. en fin de chapitres |
| ISBN: | 9782956398127 |
| Access: | L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition. |