In the Absence of the Gift

In the Absence of the GiftBy 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

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Generally little known and more often than not unpublished

In an innovative approach to teaching Modern Standard Arabic

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Chan reports on its precursors and the formation of more formal structures that provided the basis for the guerrilla activities in Hong Kong between 1941 and 1945

but not all countries have adopted the same policy recommendations

Draws on inspiration from Ernesto Laclau

are reviewed and the prospects for application in breeding programs discussed

Shiblī's relationships with his more famous colleague Junayd and his infamous colleague allāj are discussed

Theories depicting the individual as the creative rebel who overcomes the bonds of routine and inertia with which the tribe would enslave him certainly do not apply to rabbinic Judaism

birthplace of Harlem Renaissance intellectual and collector Arturo Alfonso Schomburg