Cultures of secrecy : reinventing race in bush Kaliai cargo cults / Andrew Lattas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lattas, Andrew, 1956-

Series:

New directions in anthropological writing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cargo cults--Papua New Guinea--West New Britain Province.

Cargo cults.

Acculturation--Papua New Guinea--West New Britain Province.

Acculturation.

West New Britain Province (Papua New Guinea)--Religious life and customs.

West New Britain Province (Papua New Guinea).

West New Britain Province (Papua New Guinea)--Race relations.

New Tribes Mission.

Papua New Guinea--West New Britain Province.

Physical Description:

xliv, 360 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1998.

Summary:

After driving the Japanese out of Papua, New Guinea during World War II, the U.S. military left their gear--and the makings of a cargo cult--to the native Kaliai. CULTURES OF SECRECY offers a close look at how, for 50 years, the bush Kaliai in Melanesia have worked these tailings of the western world into their indigenous culture. 20 photos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-352) and index.

ISBN:

0299158004

0299158047

OCLC:

38023990