Geertz's arrival in the village

2. Read from the begin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">innin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing (p. 412) to p. 417. These pages detail Geertz's arrival in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the village and his experience of the police raid and the cockfight. Then focus closely on the first two pages, particularly the first paragraph. Why do you thin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ink Geertz begin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ins in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in this way? What do you note about the tone/style of writin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing? 3. Read pages 418 — 419, particularly note the top of page 419. What do you note about this section? Focus particularly on the style of writin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing? 4. Read paragraph on 448, begin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">innin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing "What sets the cockfight apart..." This is the most important paragraph in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the whole piece. Thin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ink through it carefully, goin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing through each lin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ine. What is Geertz's central argument here? 5. Read the last two pages, pp. 452 — 453. The idea that "culture is a text" is a central idea here. Do you agree? Is culture like a text — in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in what ways, or in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in what ways not? 6. Geertz's central argument is that the cock fight is "deep." What does that mean? And in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in what ways is the cockfight deep? The answer to this question is scattered throughout the text, makin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing the text itself a form of "deep play." How many ways can you list? We will have a competition in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in class for who can fin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ind the most. 7. Does Geertz's story convin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ince you? Do you believe his account of Balin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inese lives and motivations? And, if so, why? What is it about the text that persuades or fails?