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Ethnography #9
Alan Klima
Ethnography #9
Alan Klima
In this experimental ethnography, Alan Klima examines moneylending, gambling, funeral casinos, and the consultations of spirits and mediums to predict winning lottery numbers to illustrate the relationship between contemporary Thai spiritual and financial practices and global capitalism's abstraction of monetary value.
192 pages, 9 illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 15, 2019 |
ISBN13 | 9781478006213 |
Publishers | Duke University Press |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 229 × 151 × 14 mm · 296 g |
Language | English |