The Racing Tribe: Portrait of a British Subculture

ISBN-13: 9780765808387 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 294 str.

Kate Fox; Lionel Tiger

Opis

It is generally assumed that anthropologists do their research in remote and uncomfortable parts of the world- places with monsoons, mud huts, and malaria. In this volume, social anthropologist Kate Fox has taken on an altogether more enjoyable assignment, the study of the arcane world of British horseracing.

Spis treści

One: The Tribe; 1: Racegoers; 2: Warriors; 3: Shamans; 4: Scribes; 5: Elders and Chiefs; 6: Sin-Eaters; 7: Owners; 8: The Clans; 9: The Irish Question; Two: Rituals, Etiquette and Language; 10: Rituals; 11: Etiquette; 12: Language; Conclusion Going Native

O autorze

Kate Fox