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

• Autore: Goddard Michael (Michael Bruce)
• Pubblicazione: 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
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76099545; 307.7609954509051
• Soggetto topico: Urban anthropology - Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby; Urban cores - Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby; Poor - Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
• Soggetto geografico: Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) Social conditions 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The unseen city
• ISBN: 1-74076-165-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450270503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II