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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777993103321

Autore

Cattelino Jessica R

Titolo

High stakes : Florida Seminole gaming and sovereignty [[electronic resource] /] / Jessica R. Cattelino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008

ISBN

9780822391302 (electronic book)

1-283-03602-9

9786613036025

0-8223-9130-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

975.9004/973859

Soggetti

Seminole Indians - Florida - Government relations

Seminole Indians - Florida - Economic conditions

Gambling on Indian reservations - Florida

Indians of North America - Gambling - Florida

Tribal government - Florida

Self-determination, National - Florida

Seminole Tribe of Florida, Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Seminole gaming in the Sunshine State -- 1. Casino roots -- 2. Cultural currencies -- 3. Fungibility: the politics of casino money -- Interlude: Mateo Romero's Indian gaming -- 4. Rebuilding sovereignty -- 5. Sovereign interdependencies -- Conclusion: Betting on the house.

Sommario/riassunto

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