The cockfight : a casebook / edited by Alan Dundes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dundes, Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cockfighting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originating more than 2500 years ago, cockfighting is one of the oldest documented sports in the world. It has continued to flourish despite bans against it in many countries. In The Cockfight: A Casebook, folklorist Alan Dundes brings together a diverse array of writing on this male-dominated ritual. Vivid descriptions of cockfights from Puerto Rico, Tahiti, Ireland, Spain, Brazil, and the Philippines complement critical commentaries, from the fourth-century reflections of St. Augustine to contemporary anthropological and psychoanalytic interpretations. The various essays discuss the intricate rules of the cockfight, the ethical question of pitting two equally matched roosters in a fight to the death, the emotional involvement of cockfighters and fans, and the sexual implications of the sport. The result is an enlightening collection for anthropologists, folklorists, sociologists, and psychologists, as well as followers of this ancient blood sport.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Barnyard Cockfight of the Fourth Century

A Cock Fight from the Ming Dynasty

The Rules of Cockfighting

A London Cockpit and Its Frequenters

Cock-Fighting in Puerto Rico

A Cockfight in Tahiti

California Cockfight

An Irish Cockfight

The Birds of Death

The Fraternity of Cockfighters: Ethical Embellishments of an Illegal Sport

Questions from a Study of Cockfighting

Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight

Cock or Bull: Cockfighting, Social Structure, and Political Commentary in the Philippines

The Cockfight in Andalusia, Spain: Images of the Truly Male

Zooanthropology of the Cockfight in Martinique

The Gaucho Cockfight in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Cockfighting on the Venezuelan Island of Margarita: A Ritualized Form of Male Aggression

Gallus as Phallus: A Psychoanalytic Cross-Cultural Consideration of the Cockfight as Fowl Play

A Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-287) and index.

ISBN:

9786612788178

9781282788176

1282788175

9780299140533

0299140539

OCLC:

669497242