essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight"
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"Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" is a landmark anthropological essay by Clifford Geertz that uses a detailed account of Balinese cockfighting to illustrate his concept of culture as a system of symbols and meanings.
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| essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" Context triple: [Clifford Geertz, knownFor, essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight"]
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In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics is a seminal collection of essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that helped shape postcolonial theory, feminist criticism, and deconstructive literary studies.
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Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is a philosophical work by Henri Bergson that analyzes the nature and social function of humor and the comic.
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Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
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essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?"
"Can the Subaltern Speak?" is a foundational postcolonial and feminist essay by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that critiques Western intellectual representations of marginalized groups and questions whether the oppressed can truly have a voice within dominant discourses.
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Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality is a psychoanalytic work by Sándor Ferenczi that explores human sexuality and development through speculative biological and evolutionary perspectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" Target entity description: "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" is a landmark anthropological essay by Clifford Geertz that uses a detailed account of Balinese cockfighting to illustrate his concept of culture as a system of symbols and meanings.
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A.
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics is a seminal collection of essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that helped shape postcolonial theory, feminist criticism, and deconstructive literary studies.
-
B.
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is a philosophical work by Henri Bergson that analyzes the nature and social function of humor and the comic.
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C.
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
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D.
essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?"
"Can the Subaltern Speak?" is a foundational postcolonial and feminist essay by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that critiques Western intellectual representations of marginalized groups and questions whether the oppressed can truly have a voice within dominant discourses.
-
E.
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality is a psychoanalytic work by Sándor Ferenczi that explores human sexuality and development through speculative biological and evolutionary perspectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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| instanceOf |
anthropological essay
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scholarly article ⓘ |
| analyzes |
masculinity in Balinese society
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risk and gambling ⓘ status rivalry in Bali ⓘ symbolic meaning of violence ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
cockfights are texts that can be read for cultural meaning
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cockfights dramatize Balinese social hierarchy ⓘ culture is public because meaning is public ⓘ |
| author | Clifford Geertz ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
meaning of risk and emotion in culture
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relationship between ritual and social structure ⓘ representation of self and status ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes | cockfighting in Bali ⓘ |
| field | cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| firstPublicationIn |
Daedalus
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linked to:
Dædalus
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| firstPublicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| genre | ethnographic writing ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
culture as a system of symbols
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deep play ⓘ interpretive analysis of culture ⓘ thick description ⓘ |
| includes |
analysis of betting patterns
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discussion of kinship and alliance in betting ⓘ first-person fieldwork narrative ⓘ |
| influenced |
anthropological theory of culture
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cultural anthropology ⓘ interpretive social science ⓘ symbolic anthropology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Max Weber
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interpretive anthropology ⓘ symbolic anthropology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| laterPublishedIn |
The Interpretation of Cultures
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linked to:
book "The Interpretation of Cultures"
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| mainSubject |
Balinese cockfight
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Balinese culture ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach |
hermeneutic
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interpretive ⓘ |
| publisherOfBookVersion | Basic Books ⓘ |
| setIn |
Bali
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Indonesia ⓘ |
| structure | narrative ethnography followed by analytic interpretation ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
anthropology courses
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cultural studies courses ⓘ interpretive social science courses ⓘ |
| usesConcept | deep play as high-stakes gambling where risks outweigh material gains ⓘ |
| usesConceptFrom | Jeremy Bentham ⓘ |
| widelyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
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Subject: essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" Description of subject: "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" is a landmark anthropological essay by Clifford Geertz that uses a detailed account of Balinese cockfighting to illustrate his concept of culture as a system of symbols and meanings.
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subject linked to:
book "The Interpretation of Cultures"