Title Emerging class in Papua New Guinea : the telling of difference / Deborah B. Gewertz, Frederick K. Errington.

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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 179 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index.
Contents	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The twists and turns of difference; 1 The middle class -- the (new) Melanesian way; 2 How the grass roots became the poor; 3 The realization of class exclusions; 4 The hidden injuries of class; 5 The problem(s) of the poor; 6 Class and the definition of reasonability; Conclusion On dark nights of the soul; Notes; References; Index.
Summary	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, and movingly conveys the injuries of class inequalities.
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Subject	Social classes -- Papua New Guinea -- Wewak.
	Wewak (Papua New Guinea) -- Social conditions.
	Social classes -- Papua New Guinea.
	Papua New Guinea -- Social conditions.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
	Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Papua New Guinea -- Wewak. (OCoLC)fst01281911
	Sociale klassen.
	Geschlechterrolle.
	Soziale Klasse.
	Soziale Situation.
	Chambri.
	Wewak.
Added Author	Errington, Frederick Karl.
Other Form:	Print version: Gewertz, Deborah B., 1948- Emerging class in Papua New Guinea. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 052165212X 0521655676 (DLC) 98042341 (OCoLC)39787551
ISBN	0511016409 (electronic bk.)
	9780511016400 (electronic bk.)
	0511175779 (electronic bk.)
	9780511175770 (electronic bk.)
	9780511606120 (electronic bk.)
	0511606125 (electronic bk.)

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