Gambling Cultures Gambling Cultures
Culture: Policy and Politics

Gambling Cultures

Studies in History and Interpretation

    • $57.99
    • $57.99

Publisher Description

From bingo in the United Kingdom to slots in Las Vegas and Sydney, to `jambo' in Cameroon, gambling is a feature of societies across the world. Gambling Cultures explores the complex relationship between cash and culture as gambling emerges as a global phenomenon. Traditional accounts of gambling's pleasures and dangers talk in terms of addiction, compulsion, greed and profit. By contrast, this work focuses on modern gambling as it has emerged as a commercial industry, analyzing the ambiguous relationship between morality and risk taking and studies the contradictory stance of governments. Providing a range of case studies from Africa, Australia, the USA and Europe, Gambling Cultures offers a unique, comparative framework for the historical and cultural analysis of contemporary gambling practices.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2005
December 20
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
332
Pages
PUBLISHER
Taylor and Francis
SELLER
Taylor & Francis Group
SIZE
1.3
MB

More Books Like This

Random Riches Random Riches
2016
Global Gambling Global Gambling
2009
Gambling, Work and Leisure (Routledge Revivals) Gambling, Work and Leisure (Routledge Revivals)
2014
Addictive Consumption Addictive Consumption
2018
Competition in Theory and Practice Competition in Theory and Practice
2018
The Limits of Neoliberalism : Authority, Sovereignty and the Logic of Competition The Limits of Neoliberalism : Authority, Sovereignty and the Logic of Competition
2021

Other Books in This Series

The Birth of the Museum The Birth of the Museum
2013
Film Policy Film Policy
2005
Rock and Popular Music Rock and Popular Music
2005