TY  - GEN
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.
AB  - "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.
T1  - In the absence of the gift :new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community /
AU  - Rasmussen, Anders Emil,
ET  - First edition.
VL  - 5
CN  - DU740.4
ID  - 1366227
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Community life
KW  - Kinship
KW  - Social values
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - Individuality
SN  - 9781782387824 (e-book)
TI  - In the absence of the gift :new forms of value and personhood in a Papua New Guinea community /
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