02644nam 2200589Ia 450 991082039460332120200520144314.01-74076-165-0(CKB)1000000000032509(EBL)227721(OCoLC)475934985(SSID)ssj0000265527(PQKBManifestationID)11193573(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265527(PQKBWorkID)10312358(PQKB)11616342(MiAaPQ)EBC227721(Au-PeEL)EBL227721(CaPaEBR)ebr10078597(OCoLC)70720495(EXLCZ)99100000000003250920050214d2005 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe unseen city anthropological perspectives on Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea /Michael Goddard1st ed.Canberra, A.C.T. Pandanus Books Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University distributed by UNIREPS, University of New South Wales, Sydney20051 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74076-134-0 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; 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.Urban anthropologyPapua New GuineaPort MoresbyUrban coresPapua New GuineaPort MoresbyPoorPapua New GuineaPort MoresbyPort Moresby (Papua New Guinea)Social conditions21st centuryUrban anthropologyUrban coresPoor307.76099545307.7609954509051Goddard Michael(Michael Bruce)867867MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820394603321The unseen city3926486UNINA