Overview
- Examines poker as a gendered activity, and specifically how valued characteristics of orthodox masculinity are embedded in the rhetoric of the game, as well as in our larger culture
- Connects the rise in poker's popularity to the increase of inter-related social problems, such as toxic masculinity, the impact of casino capitalism, and post-industrial worker disenfranchisement
- Demonstrates how the Poker Mindset protects the status quo and reinforces orthodox masculine gender values, maintaining and exacerbating damaging systems of inequality
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Andrew Manno, Ph.D. is a Professor of English at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey. He teaches courses in writing, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Men and Masculinities. His research focuses on masculinities and popular culture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Toxic Masculinity, Casino Capitalism, and America's Favorite Card Game
Book Subtitle: The Poker Mindset
Authors: Andrew Manno
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40260-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40259-4Published: 20 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40262-4Published: 20 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40260-0Published: 19 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 208
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Culture and Gender, Popular Culture , American Culture, Men's Studies, Gender and Economics