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 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 "community" 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.
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