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Cargo Cult as Theater - Political Performance in the Pacific (Paperback)
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Cargo Cult as Theater - Political Performance in the Pacific (Paperback)
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Why did half the people on New Hanover, a small island north of New
Guinea, vote for Lyndon Baines Johnson to be their ruler in 1964?
Dorothy K. Billings believes that this sort of action_seen in New
Guinea and other parts of Melanesia_is part of the 'cargo cult'
phenomenon, or micronationalist movements which are principally
regarded as responses to European colonialism. Based on thirty-five
years of fieldwork and observation, Cargo Cult as Theater
demonstrates how the 'Johnson Cult, ' originally mocked and
ridiculed by the outside world, should be seen as an ongoing
political performance meant to consolidate local power and advance
economic development. This fascinating study follows the changes in
this community ritual, from the time of the white 'master' to
post-colonial self-determination, and reveals the history of this
people's attempt to gain intellectual, moral, economic, and
political control over their own lives
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