The unseen city : anthropological perspectives on Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea /
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 crea...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references ([207]-225). |
ISBN: | 1740761340 9781740761345 1740761650 9781740761659 |