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BL
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1032174
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b786544
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| Main Entry
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Casey, Emma.
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| Title & Author
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Women, pleasure and the gambling experience /\ Emma Casey.
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| Publication Statement
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Aldershot, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (vi, 148 pages)
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| ISBN
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0754688577
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: 9780754688570
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0754646173
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9780754646174
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-146) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| 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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Gambling-- Social aspects-- Great Britain.
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Social classes-- Great Britain.
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Women gamblers-- Great Britain-- Social conditions.
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Gambling-- Social aspects.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Social classes.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/820941
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| LC Classification
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HV6722.G8C37 2008eb
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