Drawing on a broad range of historical and sociological literature, this book traces the everyday gambling experiences of a diverse group of women. It provides fascinating insights into the pleasures afforded to women through their gambling participation, examines their motivations and experience of play, and investigates how women negotiate their right to gamble without reprimand.
Drawing on a broad range of historical and sociological literature, this book traces the everyday gambling experiences of a diverse group of women. It provides fascinating insights into the pleasures afforded to women through their gambling participation, examines their motivations and experience of play, and investigates how women negotiate their right to gamble without reprimand.
Emma Casey is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Kingston, UK. She is the co-editor of Gender & Consumption: The Material Culture and Commercialisation of Everyday Life (2006).
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Introduction to researching women, class and National Lottery participation Women, gambling, leisure and consumption Working class women, identity and protest Domesticated gambling: the National Lottery as 'normal' and 'routine' in the lives of women who play Caring, class and pleasure metaphorical leisure spaces and National Lottery play 'A space to be': physical leisure spaces and National Lottery play Concluding remarks Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction to researching women, class and National Lottery participation Women, gambling, leisure and consumption Working class women, identity and protest Domesticated gambling: the National Lottery as 'normal' and 'routine' in the lives of women who play Caring, class and pleasure metaphorical leisure spaces and National Lottery play 'A space to be': physical leisure spaces and National Lottery play Concluding remarks Bibliography Index.
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