Frederick K. Errington, Deborah B. Gewertz, Gewertz Deborah B.

Emerging Class in Papua New Guinea

The Telling of Difference

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the emergence and ramifications of class in an urban setting in Papua New Guinea.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9780521655675
• ISBN-10: 0521655676
• Artikelnr.: 20967903

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The middle class, the (new) Melanesian way: the Wewak Rotary Club
3. How the grass roots became the poor: the sleights of hand in the construction of desire
4. The realization of class exclusions: golf and the boundaries of solidarity
5. The hidden injuries of class: desiring the unattainable
6. The problem(s) of the poor: law, order and tinned mackerel and water buffalo
7. Class and the definition of reasonability: the case of the 'compo girl'
Conclusion: on dark nights of the soul
Notes
References
Index.