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ONLINE

First edition

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2015

1 online resource (210 pages) : map

ISBN 9781782387824 (e-book)

ISBN 9781782387817 (hardback : alk. paper)

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

Print version: Rasmussen, Anders Emil. In the absence of the gift : new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community. New York : Berghahn Books, 2015 Pacific perspectives : studies of the European society for oceanists ; 5

Includes bibliographical references and index

"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..

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(OCoLC)925782493