The Consequences of Being a Gift
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18947607 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerry Bloustien (University of South Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-93 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Australian Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-8811 • E-ISSN: 1757-6547 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1999.tb00013.x |
| OpenAlex | W2060878833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
The issues of dislocated identity are epitomised in Mary's story. Brought from Papua New Guinea to Australia at a very young age as a ‘gift’, she grew up in a series of foster homes in Adelaide, South Australia. Now, as a teenager, Mary constitutes her identity through her body, emphasising her distinctive physical features, through idealised memories and through representations—photographs, cultural icons and people who ‘look like me’. The self she creates in this way sits uneasily along side another self; the Western adolescent self in trouble with the law, the self who struggles to be ‘one of the boys’ on the streets, one who ‘runs amuck’. This paper explores the process of ‘self‐making’, the ‘serious play’ that Mary has employed to constitute her identity through her juggling of and reappropriation of cultural symbols. As a participant in a wider ethnographic study into Australian youth and representation, Mary portrayed the complexities of her growing up between worlds, embedded in neither and desperate to belong to her past
Aesthetics · Art · Ethnography · Ethnology · Humanities · Identity formation · New guinea · Participant observation · Political science · Politics · Self representation · Self-concept · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
The Future of Ritual
Strategic Interaction
Models and mirrors
Outline of a Theory of Practice
The Logic of Practice
Gender Trouble
Kazzies, DBTs and Tryhards
Cultural Remix
The Gender of the GiftProblems with Women and Problems with Society in Melanesia
Bodies that matter
Homo ludens
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
From Max Weber
Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man
From Ritual to Theatre
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |