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cargo cult: a standalone construct

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Anthropology of religion

millenarian movements in Melanesia expecting the arrival of Western goods through ritual means, read by Worsley as responses to colonial rule.

In anthropology of religion, cargo cult refers to millenarian movements in Melanesia expecting the arrival of Western goods through ritual means, read by Worsley as responses to colonial rule. This meaning comes from Worsley (1957) in The trumpet shall sound.[1]

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  1. Worsley, P. (1957). The trumpet shall sound: A study of "cargo" cults in Melanesia. MacGibbon & Kee. ISBN 9780261631342

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