ISBN:
0754688577
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9780754688570
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0754646173
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9780754646174
Language:
English
Pages:
vi, 148 pages
DDC:
306.4/820941
Keywords:
Geschichte 1994-2008
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Gambling
;
Social classes
;
Women gamblers
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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Gesellschaft
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Gambling Social aspects
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Women gamblers Social conditions
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Social classes
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Frau
;
Glücksspiel
;
Großbritannien
;
Großbritannien
;
Großbritannien
;
Frau
;
Glücksspiel
;
Geschichte 1994-2008
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-146) and index
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to Researching Women, Class and National Lottery Participation; 2 Women, Gambling, Leisure and Consumption; 3 Working Class Women, Identity and Protest; 4 Domesticating Gambling: The National Lottery as 'Normal' and 'Routine' in the Lives of Women Who Play; 5 Caring, Class and Pleasure: Metaphorical Leisure Spaces and National Lottery Play; 6 'A Space to Be': Physical Leisure Spaces and National Lottery Play; 7 Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index
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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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