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Money games : gambling in a Papua New Guinea town / Anthony J. Pickles.
Van Pelt Library HV6722.P262 G67 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pickles, Anthony J., author.
- Series:
- ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 10.
- ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; volume 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology.
- Gambling--Social aspects.
- Gambling.
- Goroka (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs.
- Goroka (Papua New Guinea).
- Papua New Guinea--Goroka.
- Gambling--Social aspects--Papua New Guinea--Goroka.
- Ethnology--Papua New Guinea--Goroka.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- x, 203 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Gambling in Papua New Guinea, despite being completely absent prior to the Colonial era, has come to supersede storytelling as the region's main nighttime activity. Money Games is an ethnographic monograph which reveals the contemporary importance of gambling in urban Papua New Guinea. Rich ethnographic detail is coupled with cross-cultural comparison spanning the globe. This anthropological study of everyday economics in Melanesia thereby intersects with theories of money, value, play, informal economy, social change and leadership"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Selected histories
- The pattern changes changes
- The tyranny of denomination
- The fastest money in Goroka
- The big-shots at old slots
- The origin of pooling.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pickles, Anthony J., author. Money games
- ISBN:
- 9781789202212
- 1789202213
- OCLC:
- 1066125003
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