Papua New Guinea Sojourn
More Pleasures of Exile
1998
Carcanet Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85754-328-5 (ISBN)
Carcanet Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85754-328-5 (ISBN)
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In this book - part documentary, part travelogue - Markham evokes what is was like to be a media co-ordinator in New Guinea in the 1980s. Features of life include: an eclipse of the sun; visits from the Prince of Wales; and negotiations with warriors in the wake of political emergency.
In this absorbing book -- part documentary, part travelogue -- West Indian writer and adventurer Archie Markham evokes in rich detail what it was like to be a Media Co-ordinator in the highlands of New Guinea for two years in the 1980s. Life is never dull: an eclipse of the sun, visits from the Pope and the Prince of Wales (`Pikinini man bilong misis Kwin'), negotiations with aggrieved warriors in the wake of politicaml emergency, along with the smaller day-to-day crises of cultural collision and surprise. There is an abundance of `local colour': the singsing, the mumu (steaming of food in the ground); journeys into the interior which recall the exploits of early explorers. Then there's the question of `identity': a black expatriate representing England and a superstate called The World Bank. A writer. A VSO volunteer. A man denying to a crowd at Warbag High School on the Queen's Official Birthday that he is the Queen of England.
Meditating on his role as cultural arbiter in `remote' Enga Province, Markham inevitably recalls in his title George Lamming's 1960 classic, The Pleasures of Exile: what does this global search for relevance tell us about the possibilities of `grounding' at home?
In this absorbing book -- part documentary, part travelogue -- West Indian writer and adventurer Archie Markham evokes in rich detail what it was like to be a Media Co-ordinator in the highlands of New Guinea for two years in the 1980s. Life is never dull: an eclipse of the sun, visits from the Pope and the Prince of Wales (`Pikinini man bilong misis Kwin'), negotiations with aggrieved warriors in the wake of politicaml emergency, along with the smaller day-to-day crises of cultural collision and surprise. There is an abundance of `local colour': the singsing, the mumu (steaming of food in the ground); journeys into the interior which recall the exploits of early explorers. Then there's the question of `identity': a black expatriate representing England and a superstate called The World Bank. A writer. A VSO volunteer. A man denying to a crowd at Warbag High School on the Queen's Official Birthday that he is the Queen of England.
Meditating on his role as cultural arbiter in `remote' Enga Province, Markham inevitably recalls in his title George Lamming's 1960 classic, The Pleasures of Exile: what does this global search for relevance tell us about the possibilities of `grounding' at home?
Born in Montserrat in 1939, E.A. MARKHAM has lived in many parts of Europe, though Britain has been his home since 1956. Active in theatre and in literature -- he is a story-writer as well as a poet -- he is currently Professor of Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University, edits the magazine Sheffield Thursday, and directs the biennial Hallam Literature Festival. His most recent book of poems is Misapprehensions (Anvil, 1995), and of stories, Taking the Drawing-Room through Customs (Peepal Tree, 1997).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.2.1998 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | photographs |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 220 mm |
| Gewicht | 400 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85754-328-9 / 1857543289 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85754-328-5 / 9781857543285 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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