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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Pacific perspectives ;
v. 5. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.