The cockfight
Subtitle: a casebook
By: edited by Alan Dundes.
Contributors: Dundes, Alan.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Cockfighting.
Description: A folklorist brings together 18 accounts of the controversial male-dominated ritual of cockfighting, discussing 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-287) and index.