Emma Casey

Women, Pleasure and the Gambling Experience (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134779758
• Artikelnr.: 44782765

Autorenporträt

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.