Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-146) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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MIL
Stock Number
118970
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Title
Women, pleasure and the gambling experience.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Gambling-- Social aspects-- Great Britain.
Social classes-- Great Britain.
Women gamblers-- Great Britain-- Social conditions.
Gambling-- Social aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.