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An ethnography on how individuals and groups confront uncertainty in all areas of their lives.

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ADVANCE PRAISE "A cogent piece of work whose text flows beautifully with engaging analysis and nice ethnographic detail. Malaby makes a major contribution to anthropological thinking about its core concept --culture -- by introducing risk and indeterminacy into the conversation." -- Janet Hart, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan and the author of New Voices in the Nation: Women and the Greek Resistance

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Introduction - engaging uncertainties; shifting ground; things not being equal; poker and locating the modern; playing the state's game; zaria - solitude among many; confronting consequences.

Gambling Life DEALING IN CONTINGENCY IN A GREEK

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/04/2003
      ISBN13: 9780252028281, 978-0252028281
      ISBN10: 0252028287

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An ethnography on how individuals and groups confront uncertainty in all areas of their lives.

      Trade Review
      ADVANCE PRAISE "A cogent piece of work whose text flows beautifully with engaging analysis and nice ethnographic detail. Malaby makes a major contribution to anthropological thinking about its core concept --culture -- by introducing risk and indeterminacy into the conversation." -- Janet Hart, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan and the author of New Voices in the Nation: Women and the Greek Resistance

      Table of Contents
      Introduction - engaging uncertainties; shifting ground; things not being equal; poker and locating the modern; playing the state's game; zaria - solitude among many; confronting consequences.

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