By Alan Dundes
Originating greater than 2500 years in the past, cockfighting is likely one of the oldest documented activities within the world. It has endured to flourish regardless of bans opposed to it in lots of countries. In The Cockfight: A Casebook, folklorist Alan Dundes brings jointly a various array of writing in this male-dominated ritual.
shiny descriptions of cockfights from Puerto Rico, Tahiti, eire, Spain, Brazil, and the Philippines supplement severe commentaries, from the fourth-century reflections of St. Augustine to modern anthropological and psychoanalytic interpretations. some of the essays talk about the complex principles of the cockfight, the moral query of pitting both matched roosters in a struggle to the loss of life, the emotional involvement of cockfighters and lovers, and the sexual implications of the sport. the result's an enlightening assortment for anthropologists, folklorists, sociologists, and psychologists, in addition to fans of this historic blood sport.
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