Holger Jebens

After the Cult

Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea)

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers comparison of indigenous and anthropological perceptions of other and self Examines mutual influencing between indigenous and Western perceptions as well as the relation between anthropological "predecessors" and "successors" Investigates cultural perceptions of other and self as expressed in cargo cults and masked dances in Papua New Guinea

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9781845456740
• ISBN-10: 1845456742
• Artikelnr.: 33670678

Autorenporträt

Holger Jebens is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of Goethe University, Senior Research Fellow at the Frobenius Institute and Managing Editor of Paideuma. He spent many years doing fieldwork in highland and seaboard Papua New Guinea. His publications include Cargo, Cult, and Culture Critique (Hawai'i University Press, 2004), Pathways to Heaven (Berghahn Books, 2005), and The end of Anthropology (co-ed., Sean Kingston Publishing, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps and figures
Acknowledgements
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 perceptions of other and self
Chapter 7. Subjects and objects
Appendices
Glossary
References
Index