Eagles Donkeys And Butterflies
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Eagles Donkeys And Butterflies
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Author : Roberto da Matta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Eagles Donkeys And Butterflies written by Roberto da Matta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Games & Activities categories.
"For years, anthropologists have been interested in jogo do bicho as a key Brazilian institution. We now have an English translation uniting Roberto DaMatta's theoretical acumen and knowledge of Brazil with Elena So rez's field work. In Eagles, Donkeys, and Butterflies, they combine a stunningly effective analysis of the game in terms of rituals and symbols with an enlightening analysis of the structural and symbolic significance of the animals and the numbers associated with them. This is a welcome addition to the literature on the game's cultural meaning and its place in the context of Brazilian society." --Conrad P. Kottak, University of Michigan "This book is fascinating and marked by a richness of detail that keeps a reader's attention. It constitutes an important contribution to the understanding of Brazilian and Latin American culture." --Thomas E. Skidmore, Brown University Roberto DaMatta, one of Brazil's foremost anthropologists, and scriptwriter Elena So rez approach the question of gambling in popular culture in general and its treatment in social anthropology in particular. They focus on the "animal game," a kind of popular Brazilian gambling entertainment or lottery in which locals bet on a list of twenty-five animals. The authors argue that the success of this game, which originated in 1882 with the founding of the first zoo in Rio de Janeiro, and the social release the game provides are significant aspects of Brazilian social history and identity. Within the animal game, players "totemize" and identify with various animals. DaMatta and So rez use this identification as a lens through which to view present-day Brazilian society, the significance of gambling, and the role of animal images in Brazilian and American popular cultures. Appearing for the first time in English, this well-written work moves smoothly between comprehensive analysis and field observations of specific behaviors and practices, such as the lucky tricks and devices invested with magical thinking by those who play the game.
Donkey And The Eagle
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Author : Carl Schaffer
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2013-07
Donkey And The Eagle written by Carl Schaffer and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07 with Family & Relationships categories.
This story came to me as I lay awake in bed one night. I believe it was given to me by my Heavenly Father. When I got up the next morning I started writing as if He was dictating it to me.
Organized Crime 2 Volumes
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Author : Frank Shanty
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-09-24
Organized Crime 2 Volumes written by Frank Shanty and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-24 with Law categories.
This fascinating work is a two-volume guide to the shadow world, the critical issues, and the global reach of organized crime. Despite its impact on international security and the world economy, organized crime is an unusual topic for a reference book. Difficult to research, the high-profit, high-risk subculture of drug lords, diamond smugglers, and sex slavers is rarely investigated by scholars. Organized Crime: An International Encyclopedia ventures behind the scenes into this hazardous territory. In the first volume, expert contributors offer a global perspective on issues such as weapons and arms trafficking, high-tech and cyber crimes, the future of organized crime, and the connection between organized crime and armed conflicts. The second volume consists entirely of primary documents, national and international laws, and treaties that reflect the international community's many attempts—largely ineffective—to combat organized crime. Together the two volumes provide students and general readers with a road map to a shadow world with far-reaching impact on the world we know.
Qualitative Research In Gambling
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Author : Rebecca Cassidy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-30
Qualitative Research In Gambling written by Rebecca Cassidy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-30 with Social Science categories.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. Gambling is both a multi-billion-dollar international industry and a ubiquitous social and cultural phenomenon. It is also undergoing significant change, with new products and technologies, regulatory models, changing public attitudes and the sheer scale of the gambling enterprise necessitating innovative and mixed methodologies that are flexible, responsive and ‘agile’. This book seeks to demonstrate that researchers should look beyond the existing disciplinary territory and the dominant paradigm of ‘problem gambling’ in order to follow those changes across territorial, political, technical, regulatory and conceptual boundaries. The book draws on cutting-edge qualitative work in disciplines including geography, organisational studies, sociology, East Asian studies and anthropology to explore the production and consumption of risk, risky places, risk technologies, the gambling industry and connections between gambling and other kinds of speculation such as financial derivatives. In doing so it addresses some of the most important issues in contemporary social science, including: the challenges of studying deterritorialised social phenomena; globalising technologies and local markets; regulation as it operates across local, regional and international scales; and the rise of games, virtual worlds and social media.
Progress In The Balance
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Author : Daniel R. Reichman
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2023-08-15
Progress In The Balance written by Daniel R. Reichman and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-15 with History categories.
Through a historical ethnography of Santos, Brazil, Progress in the Balance addresses and assesses an anthropological theory of progress. Observing that anthropology is a progressive discipline with a pessimistic attitude towards progress, Daniel Reichman explains the contested meanings of progress in Brazil and explores how anthropologists and others can define this concept more generally. He investigates how any society can separate "progress" from plain old change and, if change is constantly happening all around us, how and why certain events get lifted out of a normal timeframe and into a mythic narrative of progress. Each chapter outlines a particular episode in the history of Santos, a city undergoing an unprecedented period of economic and political turmoil, as it is represented in public culture, mainly through museums, monuments, art, and public events. Drawing on the anthropology of myth, Reichman proposes a model that he refers to as a "clash of timescapes." Progress in the Balance shows how this concept of "progress" requires a different temporal structure that separates sacralized social change from mundane historical events.
Familiar Animals
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Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
language : en
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Release Date : 2012-04-01
Familiar Animals written by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. and has been published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Updated for 2012 and part of the Britannica Learning Library Series, in Familiar Animals, you will encounter amazing animals from around the world.
Looking Forward
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Author : Marifeli Pérez-Stable
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Looking Forward written by Marifeli Pérez-Stable and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
In an accessible style, Perez-Stable and her colleagues imagine Cuba's future after the "poof moment"--Jorge I. Domínguez's vivid phrase--when the current regime will no longer exist; not predicting how and when the Castro regime will end, but instead the possible consequences of change.
Dissonances
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Author : Guillermo A. O'Donnell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Dissonances written by Guillermo A. O'Donnell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Political Science categories.
Guillermo O'Donnell here brings together a collection of significant recent essays in which he considers both the method for and substance of critiques of democracies. While progress has been made in democratization, the authoritarian legacy hangs as a shadow over that advancement. O'Donnell engages in his analysis while keeping a firm gaze on that dangerous past. O'Donnell's work has influenced a generation of political scientists. The essays in this volume bring forward and develop many of the ideas presented in his earlier collection, Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and Democracy. This work will be of interest to scholars working in justice reform, democratization, and comparative politics. "For many years, O'Donnell has explored the various ways in which the democracies of Latin America--many of them new--failed to meet expectations held out for them by citizens, analysts, and political actors. The articles collected here represent some of the very best thinking by an author who remains one of the most creative and insightful political theorists, whose work is deeply grounded in empirical observation, whose ideas are consistently robust, and whose reflections can be both provocative and of great practical use." --Charles D. Kenney, University of Oklahoma
Governance In The Americas
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Author : Robert Hines Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Governance In The Americas written by Robert Hines Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.
Offers important new insights about decentralization, federalism, and democratic change in the three largest federal nations in the Americas: Brazil, Mexico, and the United States.
Needs Of The Heart
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Author : Kenneth P. Serbin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Needs Of The Heart written by Kenneth P. Serbin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Tracing five centuries of conflict and change in the life of the clergy in Brazil, this book examines how priests took part in the colonization of Brazil, educated the elite and poor in the faith, and reinforced the institution of slavery, all the while living in relative freedom from church authority.