Relationships of Chance: Friendships in a Gambling Setting of Urban India
Relationships of Chance: Friendships in a Gambling Setting of Urban India
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机会关系:印度城市赌博环境中的友谊
DOI:
10.1080/00856401.2016.1123832
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发表时间:
2016
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通讯作者:
Stine Simonsen Puri
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作者:
Stine Simonsen Puri
ABSTRACT This paper examines male friendship at the Delhi racecourse as an example of a sociality amidst an urban South Asian setting defined by uncertainty and the absence of fixed identities. It argues that such friendships are ‘relationships of chance’, embodying and reflecting the contingency of the gambling arena, rather than sociological or ritual notions which may condition friendship in other settings. This hyper-competitive and hyper-social space configures both the possibility and impossibility of friendship. The paper thus provides insights into how relating to others happens in a heterogeneous, fluid context that is over-determined mainly by a shared passion for self-enrichment.
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CASSIDY R