The unseen city : anthropological perspectives on Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / Michael Goddard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goddard, Michael (Michael Bruce)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban anthropology--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby.

Urban anthropology.

Urban cores--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby.

Urban cores.

Poor--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby.

Poor.

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

Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-74076-165-0

OCLC:

475934985