| Emerging Class in Papua New Guinea: The Telling of Difference Contributor(s): Gewertz, Deborah B. (Author), Errington, Frederick K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 052165212X ISBN-13: 9780521652124 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $63.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.509 |
| LCCN: 98-42341 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.94 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Class has become a feature of life in Papua New Guinea, evident in both "traditional" and "modern" settings. This book examines the emergence of class differences and its social and cultural ramifications in Wewak, capital of the East Sepik Province. It movingly conveys the injuries of class inequalities, and reveals how class has worked in similar and different ways, and how it has become possible and plausible for relatively affluent "nationals," even those living in modest urban centers, to present themselves as fundamentally superior to other Papua New Guineans. |