In the absence of the gift : new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community

In the absence of the gift : new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community /

"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 u...

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Main Author: Rasmussen, Anders Emil (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2015
Edition:First edition.
Series:Pacific perspectives ; v. 5.
Subjects:
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.
Papua New Guinea > Social life and customs.
Papua New Guinea > Ethnic relations.
Papua New Guinea > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Papua New Guinea > Economic conditions.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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