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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rasmussen, Anders Emil (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2015]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Pacific perspectives ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The historical roots of a Singaut economy
  • Visible while away : concepts of vision in exchange practices
  • The power of words : curses and blessings of relatives
  • It's never tomorrow : debt, selfishness and the contest of obligation
  • The historical roots of community as level of organization and as a concept
  • To benefit the community : value and the member of community
  • All things considered : organized action as appearances of social totalities.