Mambu by Kenelm Burridge
An anthropological study of the cargo cults of Melanesia, active during the 1930s to 1950s. It explains how Melanesians mistook the advent of European vessels as a sign that their ancestors had returned from heaven, bearing lavish goods.-
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"This is a book not just about cargo cults or even about millenarianism generally but about the ways humans strive to make sense of the most wrenching kinds of upheavals in their livesWhat sets Mambu apart from the array of other works on these cults is Burridge's philosophical—one might almost say existentialist—perspective. No less fully than others does he describe in detail the political and especially the social conditions that undeniably spurred the emergence of the cults. But he is distinctive in focusing on the consequences of those political and social upheavals for the world view of the Melanesians."—Robert Segal, Lancaster University
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780691001661 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691001669 |
| Title | Mambu |
| Author | Kenelm Burridge |
| Series | Mythos: The Princeton Bollingen Series In World Mythology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1995-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |