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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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