Why the Cocks Fight Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola

"Wucker finds in the cockfight a microcosm for the two sides of Hispaniola: the strongman leaders, like the Duvaliers and Balaguer, staging bloody fights in the arena, while the players on the sidelines--the armed forces, the bourgeoisie, the United States--wager on the outcome. But she moves beyond this simple metaphor to explore the role of the traditional cockfight in both national cultures, using as a basis for comparison Clifford Geertz's studies of Balinese cockfights."Wucker, Michele is the author of 'Why the Cocks Fight Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola', published 2000 under ISBN 9780809097135 and ISBN 0809097133.