High Stakes

Informationen zum Autor Jessica R. Cattelino is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. Klappentext Ethnography that looks at how the casinos run by the Florida Seminoles have affected the tribe's ideas about sovereignty and cultural distinctiveness. Zusammenfassung In 1979! Florida Seminoles opened the first tribally operated high-stakes bingo hall in Native North America. This book presents an ethnographic account of the history and consequences of Seminole gaming. It describes casino operations! chronicles the everyday life and history of the Seminole Tribe! and shares the insights of individual Seminoles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Seminole Gaming in the Sunshine State 1 1. Casino Roots 29 2. Cultural Currencies 59 3. Fungibility: The Politics of Casino Money 95 Interlude: Mateo Romero's Indian Gaming 125 4. Rebuilding Sovereignty 127 5. Sovereign Interdependencies 161 Conclusion: Betting on the House 193 Notes 207 References 253 Index 279

Klappentext

Ethnography that looks at how the casinos run by the Florida Seminoles have affected the tribe's ideas about sovereignty and cultural distinctiveness.

Zusammenfassung
In 1979, Florida Seminoles opened the first tribally operated high-stakes bingo hall in Native North America. This book presents an ethnographic account of the history and consequences of Seminole gaming. It describes casino operations, chronicles the everyday life and history of the Seminole Tribe, and shares the insights of individual Seminoles.

Inhalt

Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Seminole Gaming in the Sunshine State 1

1. Casino Roots 29
2. Cultural Currencies 59
3. Fungibility: The Politics of Casino Money 95
   Interlude: Mateo Romero's Indian Gaming 125
4. Rebuilding Sovereignty 127
5. Sovereign Interdependencies 161
   Conclusion: Betting on the House 193
   Notes 207
   References 253
   Index 279