University of Wisconsin Press, 1994 Paper: 978-0-299-14054-0 | eISBN: 978-0-299-14053-3 | Cloth: 978-0-299-14050-2 Library of Congress Classification SF503.C68 1994 Dewey Decimal Classification 791.8
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Alan Dundes (1934–2005) was professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California, Berkeley, and published ten books with the University of Wisconsin Press, including Parsing Through Customs: Essays by a Freudian Folklorist; The Vampire: A Casebook; The Blood Libel Legend; and Cinderella: A Casebook. He was also the editor of Recollecting Freud by Isidor Sadger.
REVIEWS
“An exciting gathering of diverse essays on a fascinating but somewhat neglected topic. Dundes’ essay is, as usual, brilliantly researched, boldly argued, and, of course, controversial. The book is a winner.”—Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, University of California, San Diego
“A fascinating, scholarly look at the history of and worldwide popularity of the world’s oldest, but male-dominated, sport, cockfighting.”—The Indianapolis News
“An exciting gathering of diverse essays on a fascinating but somewhat neglected topic. Dundes’ essay is, as usual, brilliantly researched, boldly argued, and, of course, controversial. The book is a winner.”—Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, University of California, San Diego
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
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University of Wisconsin Press, 1994 Paper: 978-0-299-14054-0 eISBN: 978-0-299-14053-3 Cloth: 978-0-299-14050-2
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Alan Dundes (1934–2005) was professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California, Berkeley, and published ten books with the University of Wisconsin Press, including Parsing Through Customs: Essays by a Freudian Folklorist; The Vampire: A Casebook; The Blood Libel Legend; and Cinderella: A Casebook. He was also the editor of Recollecting Freud by Isidor Sadger.
REVIEWS
“An exciting gathering of diverse essays on a fascinating but somewhat neglected topic. Dundes’ essay is, as usual, brilliantly researched, boldly argued, and, of course, controversial. The book is a winner.”—Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, University of California, San Diego
“A fascinating, scholarly look at the history of and worldwide popularity of the world’s oldest, but male-dominated, sport, cockfighting.”—The Indianapolis News
“An exciting gathering of diverse essays on a fascinating but somewhat neglected topic. Dundes’ essay is, as usual, brilliantly researched, boldly argued, and, of course, controversial. The book is a winner.”—Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, University of California, San Diego
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
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