Christianity, Cargo and Ideas of Self: Patterns of Literacy in a Papua New Guinean Village Export

@article{citeulike:1784945, abstract = {Literacy in a small, rural, newly literate Papua New Guinean village is analysed by placing it in the context of local notions of Christianity, the self and language. Villagers' interpretations of the relationship between Catholicism and the written word are based on their Cargo-oriented world-view and on their pre-Christian beliefs about language as a powerful means by which individuals could bring about transformations in their world. Local ideas of the self and others are articulated and reinforced through an emphasis on particular dimensions of oral language use. This emphasis has consequences for the uses to which literacy is put, the structure of the writing the villagers produce, and the ways in which they attribute meaning to written texts.}, author = {Kulick, Don and Stroud, Christopher}, citeulike-article-id = {1784945}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2804565}, keywords = {cargo, christianity, guinea, literacy, new, papua, self}, posted-at = {2007-10-18 16:03:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Christianity, Cargo and Ideas of Self: Patterns of Literacy in a Papua New Guinean Village}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2804565} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1784945 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1784945 N2 - Literacy in a small, rural, newly literate Papua New Guinean village is analysed by placing it in the context of local notions of Christianity, the self and language. Villagers' interpretations of the relationship between Catholicism and the written word are based on their Cargo-oriented world-view and on their pre-Christian beliefs about language as a powerful means by which individuals could bring about transformations in their world. Local ideas of the self and others are articulated and reinforced through an emphasis on particular dimensions of oral language use. This emphasis has consequences for the uses to which literacy is put, the structure of the writing the villagers produce, and the ways in which they attribute meaning to written texts. TI - Christianity, Cargo and Ideas of Self: Patterns of Literacy in a Papua New Guinean Village KW - cargo KW - christianity KW - guinea KW - literacy KW - new KW - papua KW - self AU - Kulick, Don AU - Stroud, Christopher UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2804565 ER -