Title Big men and cargo cults / by Glynn Cochrane

Published Oxford : Clarendon, 1970

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W'PONDS	299.9 Coc/Bma		AVAILABLE

Description xxix, 187 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 23 cm Series Oxford monographs on social anthropology Oxford monographs on social anthropology. Contents The Western Elema -- Mythology, symbolism, and the Hevehe ceremony -- European contact -- 'The Vailala madness' -- The Solomon Islands and 'marching rule' -- The Doliasi 'custom' movement -- Contemporary Solomon Island society -- Comparative analysis -- The nature of 'cargo cults.' Analysis Cargo cults Ethnology Melanesia Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 173-183 Subject Cargo cults. Ethnology -- Melanesia. Ethnology -- Solomon Islands. SUBJECT Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083370 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Papua http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035325 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78093659 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 LC no. 74521825 ISBN 0198231598

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