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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| Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight | 0 |
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes | cockfighting in Bali ⓘ |
| field | cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| firstPublicationIn | Daedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Balinese cockfight
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Balinese culture ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach |
hermeneutic
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interpretive ⓘ |
| publisherOfBookVersion | Basic Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Bali
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Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| widelyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
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