10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARGO CULT»
Discover the use of
cargo cult in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cargo cult and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cargo,
Cult, and Culture Critique
This collection of original essays is based on fieldwork in Melanesia, Fiji, Australia, and Indonesia by scholars who are influential in the contemporary debate on cargo cults.
2
Cargo Cult as Theater: Political Performance in the Pacific
Cargo Cult as Theater offers anthropologists, and anyone interested in the Johnson cult, careful insight into this unlikely cultural phenomenon.
Dorothy K. Billings, 2002
3
Neither
Cargo Nor
Cult: Ritual Politics and the Colonial ...
In this study of colonial and postcolonial Fiji, Martha Kaplan examines the effects of narratives made real and traces a complex history that began neither as a search for cargo, nor as a cult.
4
Occidentalism : Images of the West: Images of the West
I dip into a stream of nearly fifty years of cargo cult writing, a literature that I would
like to call 'Cargoism'.2 Actually, Cargoist authors have themselves already
invented the term 'Cargoism', applying it to the sort of mentality that they suspect
lies ...
5
Cultures of Secrecy: Reinventing Race in Bush Kaliai
Cargo Cults
CULTURES OF SECRECY offers a close look at how, for fifty years, the bush Kaliai in Melanesia have worked these tailings of the western world into their indigenous culture.
6
The Changing South Pacific: Identities and Transformations
If I spontaneously believed in the existence of this cargo cult — which featured
themes common to a number of similar movements — conversely, I did not lend
credence to the child murders. I had never heard of human sacrifices being
attested ...
Serge Tcherkézoff, Françoise Douaire-Marsaudon, 2008
7
Road Belong
Cargo: A Study of the
Cargo Movement in the ...
This book deals with the fascinating phenomena of the practice of the "Cargo Cult" in the Madang district of New Guinea.
8
Mambu: A Melanesian Millennium
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.
9
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a ...
In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.
Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton, 2010
10
The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders
Recent overviews include Burridge, New Heaven, New Earth; Christiansen, The
Melanesian Cargo Cult; and Steinbauer, Melanesian Cargo Cults. Kilani, Les
Cultes du Cargo Melanesiens, and Buck, Cargo-cult Discourse, apply a more ...
Donald Denoon, Malama Meleisea, 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARGO CULT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cargo cult is used in the context of the following news items.
Surprising Doc The Wolfpack Asks What It's Like to Be Raised by …
... suggests an anthropologist discovering a contemporary cargo cult. Instead of building dummy bamboo planes to tempt pilots to drop off cans ... «New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Jul 15»
The Wolfpack Asks What It's Like to Be Raised by '90s DVDs
... suggests an anthropologist discovering a contemporary cargo cult. Instead of building dummy bamboo planes to tempt pilots to drop off cans ... «Dallas Observer, Jul 15»
Junya Watanabe
... themselves into fetish objects, the focus of a new kind of cargo cult. And, with its irrational worship of the object, isn't that just what fashion is? «Style.com, Jun 15»
Ojai Playwrights Conference to Host 2015 New Works Festival, 8/2-9
... Daisey is renowned for daring monologues such as The Last Cargo Cult and How Theater Failed America weaving together the political and ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
Collapse, Part 2: The Nine Dynamics of Decay
If our idea of intellectual rigor is Paul Krugman dancing around the Neo-Keynesian Cargo Cult campfire waving dead chickens and spewing ... «Daily Reckoning, Jun 15»
Apple retreats before Swift reaction
... people paying shedloads for its super cool music streaming service and the artists would do it for thrill of giving the cargo cult money. «Fudzilla, Jun 15»
Timothy Daly: The Man in the Attic plays Avignon Festival
“It's almost a cargo cult: they hope something will float in from Broadway or the West End. That was the situation when I started and it's still the ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
The Wolfpack Shows What It's Like to Be Raised by DVDs From the …
... suggests an anthropologist discovering a contemporary cargo cult. Instead of building dummy bamboo planes to tempt pilots to drop off cans ... «LA Weekly, Jun 15»
Best practices to build bridges between tech teams
The hiring of a "DevOps engineer" is approaching cargo cult status, how can we help folks in hiring positions to understand that? This is a tough ... «opensource.com, Jun 15»
The Hawaiian side of paradise
Does mutated, cargo cult cuisine get any better? Spam noodles? Chicken katsu with potato macaroni salad? Every great culture, eventually, ... «KCCI Des Moines, Jun 15»
