TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rasmussen,Anders Emil
TI  - In the absence of the gift: new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community 
T2  - Pacific perspectives : studies of the European society for oceanists
AV  - DU740.4 .R37 2015
U1  - 995.8/1 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Papua New Guinea
KW  - Community life
KW  - Kinship
KW  - Social values
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - Individuality
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4014246
ER  -