Money Games : : Gambling in a Papua New Guinea Town /

Money Games : : Gambling in a Papua New Guinea Town / / Anthony J. Pickles.

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 ethnogra...

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ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology ; 10
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Text -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Selected Histories -- Chapter 2. The Pattern Changes Changes -- Chapter 3. The Tyranny of Denomination -- Chapter 4. The Fastest Money in Goroka -- Chapter 5. The Big-Shots at Old Slots -- Chapter 6. The Origin of Pooling -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
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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 which span the globe. This anthropological study of everyday economics in Melanesia thereby intersects with theories of money, value, play, informal economy, social change and leadership.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Ethnology Papua New Guinea Goroka.
Gambling Social aspects Papua New Guinea Goroka.
NON-CLASSIFIABLE. bisacsh
Anthropology of money.
Economic Adaptation, Anthropology of gambling.
Economic anthropology.
Gameplay.
Goroka.
Highlands.
Melanesia.
Pacific gambling.
Pokies anthropology.
urban Papua New Guinea.
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Money Games : Gambling in a Papua New Guinea Town /
ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology ;
Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Acknowledgements --
Notes on Text --
Introduction --
Chapter 1. Selected Histories --
Chapter 2. The Pattern Changes Changes --
Chapter 3. The Tyranny of Denomination --
Chapter 4. The Fastest Money in Goroka --
Chapter 5. The Big-Shots at Old Slots --
Chapter 6. The Origin of Pooling --
Conclusion --
References --
Index
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title_alt Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Acknowledgements --
Notes on Text --
Introduction --
Chapter 1. Selected Histories --
Chapter 2. The Pattern Changes Changes --
Chapter 3. The Tyranny of Denomination --
Chapter 4. The Fastest Money in Goroka --
Chapter 5. The Big-Shots at Old Slots --
Chapter 6. The Origin of Pooling --
Conclusion --
References --
Index
title_new Money Games :
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contents Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Acknowledgements --
Notes on Text --
Introduction --
Chapter 1. Selected Histories --
Chapter 2. The Pattern Changes Changes --
Chapter 3. The Tyranny of Denomination --
Chapter 4. The Fastest Money in Goroka --
Chapter 5. The Big-Shots at Old Slots --
Chapter 6. The Origin of Pooling --
Conclusion --
References --
Index
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