In the Absence of the Gift: New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community (Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists, Band 5)

Buch 2 von 5: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists

Rasmussen, Anders Emil

 
9781782387817: In the Absence of the Gift: New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community (Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists, Band 5)
ISBN 10: 1782387811 ISBN 13: 9781782387817
Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Anders Emil Rasmussen is curator of ethnographic exhibitions at Moesgaard Museum, Denmark. His publications include Materialities of Passing (co-ed., Ashgate, 2016).

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Verlag
Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1782387811
ISBN 13 
9781782387817
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Bibliothekseinband
Anzahl der Seiten
210
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