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In the absence of the gift : new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community / / by Anders Emil Rasmussen



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Autore: Rasmussen Anders Emil Visualizza persona
Titolo: In the absence of the gift : new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community / / by Anders Emil Rasmussen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
Disciplina: 995.8/1
Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Papua New Guinea
Community life - Papua New Guinea
Kinship - Papua New Guinea
Social values - Papua New Guinea
Identity (Psychology) - Papua New Guinea
Individuality - Papua New Guinea
Soggetto geografico: Papua New Guinea Social life and customs
Papua New Guinea Ethnic relations
Papua New Guinea Emigration and immigration Social aspects
Papua New Guinea Economic conditions
Soggetto non controllato: admiralty islands
bismarck archipelago
bureaucrats
businessmen
cash economy
community member
community
development
ethnography
family bonds
family
kinship
manus province
manus
mbuke islands
migrant relatives
motivation
papua new guinea
papua new guinean community
people of the mbuke islands
personhood
relative
remittance documents
remittance motivations
social connections
society
teachers
urban centers
value
Classificazione: LC 20692
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Historical Roots of a Singaut Economy -- 2 Visible While Away -- 3 The Power of Words -- 4 It’s Never Tomorrow -- 5 The Historical Roots of Community as a Level of Organization and as a Concept -- 6 To Benefit the Community -- 7 All Things Considered -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: In the absence of the gift  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78238-782-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797894503321
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