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t the end of this essay, the author characterizes it as an exercise in close reading, and puts forth as a guiding principle the fact that "societies, like lives, contain their own interpretations." Â This essay discusses the various meanings of the word sabung in relation to a double entendre which is also present in English. Â This essay describes how "the superorganism came instantly apart" when a police (*) raid causes a group of people to disperse. Â The title concept of this essay, which is borrowed from Bentham, is used to elucidate how more meaning is attached to the central events when the stakes are high. Â For 10 points, name this essay from The Interpretation of Cultures, a work by Clifford Geertz subtitled "Notes on the Balinese Cockfight."
t the end of this essay, the author characterizes it as an exercise in close reading, and puts forth as a guiding principle the fact that "societies, like lives, contain their own interpretations.
"Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight"