Namoluk Beyond The Reef: The Transformation Of A Micronesian Community (westview Case Studies In Anthropology)

This case study examines emigrants from Namoluk Atoll in the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia, in the Western Pacific. Most members of the Namoluk community (__chon__ Namoluk) do not currently live there - some 60% of them have moved to Chuuk, Guam, or the mainland US (such as Honolulu, Hawai'i or Eureka, California). The question is how (and why) those expatriates continue to think of themselves as __chon__ Namoluk, and behave accordingly, despite being a far-flung network of people, with inevitable erosions of shared language and culture. This case study examines emigrants from Namoluk Atoll in the Eastern caroline islands of Micronesia, in the Western pacific. Most members of the Namoluk Community (cbon Namoluk) do not currently live there. some 60 percent of them have moved to chuuk, Guam, Hawai'i, or the mainland United states (such as Eureka, California). The question is how (and why) those expatriates contine to think of themselves as cbon Namoluk, amd behave accodingly, despite being a far-flung network of people, with inevitable erosions of shared language and culture. We lingered under the coconut palms at Leo to say our good-byes and shake everyone's hand before we left to return to Seattle. Mac Marshall. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 153-160) And Index.