In the Absence of the Gift
New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community
by Anders Emil Rasmussen
"By adopting ideas like 'development,' members of a Papua New Guinean community find themselves continuously negotiating what can be expected of a relative or a community member. Nearly half the people born on the remote Mbuke Islands become teachers, businessmen, or bureaucrats in urban centers, while those who stay at home ask migrant relatives 'What about me?' This detailed ethnography sheds light on remittance motivations and documents how terms like 'community' can be useful in places otherwise permeated by kinship. As the state withdraws, Mbuke people explore what social ends might be reached through involvement with the cash economy"--Provided by publisher.
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Social life and customs, Ethnology, Social aspects, Community life, Individuality, Ethnic relations, Emigration and immigration, Economic conditions, Social values, Kinship, Identity (Psychology), Ethnology, papua new guinea, Identity (psychology), Papua new guinea, social life and customs, Papua new guinea, economic conditions, Economic history, Manners and customsPlaces
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In the Absence of the Gift: New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community
2020, Berghahn Books, Incorporated, Berghahn Books
in English
1789208068 9781789208061
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In the Absence of the Gift: New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community
2015, Berghahn Books
in English
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1782387811 9781782387817
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195) and index.
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