In the Absence of the Gift : : New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community / / 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, whi...
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Rasmussen, Anders Emil, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut In the Absence of the Gift : New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community / Anders Emil Rasmussen. New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (210 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists ; 5 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024) Community life Papua New Guinea. Ethnology Papua New Guinea. Identity (Psychology) Papua New Guinea. Individuality Papua New Guinea. Kinship Papua New Guinea. Social values Papua New Guinea. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries. bisacsh 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. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110998238 ZDB-23-BHBO print 9781782387817 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782387824?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782387824 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782387824/original |
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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 |
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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 |
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