In the Absence of the Gift: New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community - Brossura

Libro 2 di 5: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists

Rasmussen, Anders Emil

 
9781789208061: In the Absence of the Gift: New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community
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ISBN 10: 1789208068 ISBN 13: 9781789208061
Casa editrice: Berghahn Books, 2020

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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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Informazioni sull?autore

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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Editore
Berghahn Books
Data di pubblicazione
2020
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1789208068
ISBN 13 
9781789208061
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
199
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