{"product_id":"9781350320901","title":"Economies of Care: Market Women in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea","description":"Author: Barnett-Naghshineh, Olivia\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350320901\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 248 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomies of Care \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how women market traders in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, navigate a complex moral economy rooted in care, reciprocity, and spiritual value. Challenging Western, individualistic assumptions of classical economic theory, this open access book foregrounds emotional labour and community responsibility as central to economic life.\u003cbr\u003eThrough vivid ethnographic storytelling, Olivia Barnett-Naghshineh reveals how women's economic choices are shaped not by personal gain, but by relational ethics and cosmological worldviews. Set against the backdrop of climate change, urbanization, and colonial-capitalist disruption, this book also proposes agro-ecology as a just and sustainable alternative.\u003cbr\u003eA bold and timely intervention in feminist anthropology, \u003ci\u003eEconomies of Care\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to scholars and students of anthropology, gender studies, Pacific studies, food studies and political economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643219890334,"sku":"UBD-9781350320901","price":169.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350320901.jpg?v=1774484450","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350320901","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}