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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450270503321

Autore

Goddard Michael (Michael Bruce)

Titolo

The unseen city [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological perspectives on Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / / Michael Goddard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, A.C.T., : Pandanus Books, : Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, : distributed by UNIREPS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005

ISBN

1-74076-165-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

307.76099545

307.7609954509051

Soggetti

Urban anthropology - Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Urban cores - Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Poor - Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Electronic books.

Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 From Rolling Thunder to Reggae; Chapter 2 Off the Record; Chapter 3 … Big-Man, Thief: the social organisation of gangs; Chapter 4 The Rascal Road; Chapter 5 Expressions of Interest: informal usury; Chapter 6 Reto's Chance: State and status in a settlement; Chapter 7 The Age of Steam: constructed identity and recalcitrant youth; References;

Sommario/riassunto

Based on the fieldwork of an anthropologist among people in Port Moresby's much-maligned migrant 'settlements'. It addresses the contemporary situation of these urban peoples, displacing popular generalizations with more detailed accounts which do justice to their resilience, and creative responses to the challenges of living in a burgeoning Melanesian city.