"Deep Play: Notes On The Balinese Cockfight"
In the critical essay,
by Clifford Geertz, the author describes a very important part of the
Balinese culture - the cockfight. This fight represents more than it first
appears. Cockfights are well attended events by men only. Bets are taken
on these events. However, the money isn't all that is at stake. It's
significance to kin, masculinity and other such items is another point
Geertz expresses. Percy writes about the common and the complex readers,
in his essay "The Loss of the Creature." Geertz also utilizes this tactic
and begins the essay as a "common reader". ....
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