Money games: gambling in a papua new guinea town
Auteur :
Pickles, Anthony J.
Éditeur :
Berghahn Books
ISBN :
9781789202212
Date de publication :
6 juin 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Library binding
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Since the Colonial era, gambling has come to dominate nighttime activity in Papua New Guinea. This richly detailed ethnography intersects with theories of money, value, play, money, exchange, informal economy, materiality, social change, leadership, and the anthropology of Melanesia.