Bücher von Anders Emil Rasmussen

By adopting ideas like "e;development,"e; 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 "e;What about me?"e; This detailed ethnography sheds light on remittance motivations and documents how terms like "e;community"e; can be useful in places otherwise permeated by kinship. As the state withdraws, Mbuke people explore what social ends might be reached through involvement with the cash economy.