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Author:

Rasmussen, Anders Emil.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Berghahn Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.
Papua New Guinea--Ethnic relations.
Papua New Guinea--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Papua New Guinea--Economic conditions.
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.
Community life.
Economic history.
Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
Ethnic relations.
Ethnology.
Identity (Psychology)
Individuality.
Kinship.
Manners and customs.
Social values.
Papua New Guinea.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195) and index.

Summary:

"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.

Series:

Pacific perspectives : studies of the European society for oceanists ; 5

ISBN:

1782387811 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781782387817 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)896862078

LCCN:

2015003130

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)