340 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. Participants in the cult engage in exotic rites, the purpose of which is to gain possession of European manufactured goods, such as knives, medicines, razor blades, tinned foods etc. The volume discusses why these... Read more
1. The New Guinea Scene 2. The People (i) 3. The People (ii) 4. The People (iii) 5. The Myth-Dream (i) 6. The Myth-Dream (ii) 7. The Myth-Dream (iii) 8. Cargo
Biography
K. O. L. Burridge
'A book really worth reading It is undoubtedly the richest analysis of any single Melanesian cult-movement that we possess.' - P. M. Worsley, The Sociological Review
