Cultures of secrecy: reinventing race in bush kaliai cargo cults
Auteur :
University of Wisconsin Press
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299158040
Date de publication :
29 juil. 1998
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
566 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This volume offers information on how, for 50 years, the bush Kaliai in Melanesia have worked the deserted cargo left by US Marines during World War II into their indigenous culture. The author seeks to show how cargo cults in general bring together past, present and future.