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In many parts of the world the "white man" is perceived to be an instigator of globalization and an embodiment of modernity. However, so far anthropologists have paid little attention to the actual heterogeneity and complexity of "whiteness" in specific ethnographic contexts. This study examines cultural perceptions of other and self as expressed in cargo cults and masked dances in Papua New Guinea. Indigenous terms, images, and concepts are being contrasted with their western counterparts, the latter partly deriving from the publications and field notes of Charles Valentine. After having d

Cargo cults --- Whites --- Culte du cargo --- Blancs --- Public opinion --- Opinion publique --- New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea) --- Nouvelle-Bretagne (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) --- Social life and customs. --- Moeurs et coutumes --- White people --- Public opinion. --- Papuans --- Self-perception --- Opinion, Public --- Perception, Public --- Popular opinion --- Public perception --- Public perceptions --- Judgment --- Social psychology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Focus groups --- Reputation --- White persons --- Ethnology --- Caucasian race --- Self-concept --- Self image --- Self-understanding --- Perception --- Self-discrepancy theory --- Self-evaluation --- Melanesians --- Cargo movement --- Nativistic movements --- Psychology. --- Attitudes. --- Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)