Going Begging:Casino Culture and its Contrasts as Revealed in the New Macao Poetry

Among the key themes of contemporary Macao poetry, chance and luck loom large, along with their figuration in Macao life through sites such as casinos and temples, through personae such as those of the gambler, the beggar, the prostitute. Macao as dot-on-the-map is likewise conceived as a site for a...

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Main Author: Christopher Kelen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2009-12-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.09118273