Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography: South Pacific and Australasia, 4) - Softcover

Burridge, K. O. L.

 
9780415869294: Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography: South Pacific and Australasia, 4)
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ISBN 10: 0415869293 ISBN 13: 9780415869294
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Mambu is the name of a native of New Guinea who led what has become known as a 'Cargo' cult. These cults, common in Melanesia, are partly religious, political and economic in nature. Participants in the cult engage in exotic rites, the purpose of which is to gain possession of European manufactured goods, such as knives, medicines, razor blades, tinned foods etc. The volume discusses why these cults occur and examines a way of life of a New Guinea people and their reactions to European penetration and achievement. First published in 1960.

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K. O. L. Burridge

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415869293
ISBN 13 
9780415869294
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
340

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