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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02232.x

年代:1987

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This paper examines the gambling activities of Tiwi women and men of North Australia and situates the activities within the anthropology of work. It is shown that gambling for money redistributes an unequal resource (wages and pensions) while the derivative game using beer rather than money redistributes an equal resource unequally. The principal conclusion is that for women the activity may be equated to foraging — a low risk activity but fundamental for personal status in that it is directed toward providing daily subsistence, while for men the activity closely resembles hunting — a high risk activity where success is less likely but also essential for personal sta

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02233.x

年代:1987

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Among the Gende people in Madang Province the game of Last Card is played almost exclusively by young men. Requiring greater concentration and skill than the more popular games of Three Leaf and Seven, Last Card is rejected by older players on the grounds that it angers them when their carefully planned strategies are upset by the lucky draw of a less skilled opponent. This paper examines Last Card's appeal for young men and puts forward the proposition that, in many respects, Last Card is a functional equivalent of traditional male initiation. Providing frequent opportunity for public displays of self‐control and mastery, games of Last Card give otherwise undistinguished village youths a chance to attract the attentions of potential mates and brideprice supporters. For players who are especially talented (or lucky) Last Card is a source of income to be invested in exchange relations with other youths as well as older men and women. Finally, although older card players rarely play Last Card, they are keen observers of the game and will sponsor new players by giving them the initial stake

ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02234.x

年代:1987

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While most Daulo people in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea gamble at cards, there is disagreement about the acceptability of this activity. Organized opposition to card‐playing comes from two sources that, in other contexts, are at odds with each other: thewok meri(‘women's work‘) movement and the Village Court. Both criticize card‐playing as individualistic, economically unproductive, and unpredictable.Gambling at cards contributes to differences in individual wealth and the Daulo are ambivalent about inequality. While they strongly approve of competition, they believe that it should be harnessed for the good of the group, not just the individual. The tension between these sometimes conflicting values is expressed by the polarity of Daulo people's strong attraction to card games and the organized opposition that gambling elicits fromwok meriand the Villag

ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02235.x

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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The paper examines data from Malo Island (Natamambo), Vanuatu on the playing of Last Card, a form of Crazy Eights that was widely enjoyed there prior to Independence. It argues that card games can serve as a foil for events in society‐at‐large and that, in the present case, Last Card acted as a vehicle for tensions about the insecure land tenure situation and local politics. Since Independence, in 1980, the nature of many interpersonal tensions has changed and the game does not resonate to these new conflicts. The role of kava drinking in this new situation is discus

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02236.x

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02237.x

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02238.x

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02239.x

年代:1987

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02240.x

年代:1987

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So Much that is New: Baldwin Spencer 1860–1929. By D.J. Mulvaney and J.H. Calaby. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1985. Pp. xii + 49

ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02242.x

年代:1987

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