TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jebens,Holger
TI  - After the cult: perceptions of other and self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea) 
SN  - 9781845458225
AV  - GN671.N5 J42 2010eb
U1  - 306.6/999212 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Cargo cults
KW  - Papua New Guinea
KW  - New Britain Island
KW  - Papuans
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Self-perception
KW  - White people
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology of Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - fast
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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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