Cargo Cult As Theater

Dorothy K. Billings' unique ethnography is based on thirty-five years of anthropological fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. Cargo Cult as Theater offers anthropologists, and anyone interested in the Johnson cult, careful insight into this unlikely cultural phenomenon.

List of contents

Part 1 Part One: Introduction Chapter 2 The Research So Far Chapter 3 Field Work Part 4 Part Two: Interviews and Documents Chapter 5 The Johnson Cult Part 6 Part Three: Analysis, Interpretation, and Conclusion Chapter 7 Analysis and Interpretation Chapter 8 Theories: Cults, Movements, Ceremonies, Culture Chapter 9 Cargo Cult as Political Theatre

About the author

Dorothy K. Billings is Professor of Anthropology at Wichita State University.

Summary

Dorothy K. Billings' unique ethnography is based on thirty-five years of anthropological fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. Cargo Cult as Theater offers anthropologists, and anyone interested in the Johnson cult, careful insight into this unlikely cultural phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy K Billings, Dorothy K. Billings, Billings Dorothy K.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2004
• EAN: 9780739110706
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1070-6
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, HISTORY / Oceania, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political science & theory, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural anthropology, Australasian & Pacific history, Political science and theory, Australasian and Pacific history, Papua New Guinea