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Publisher: University of California Press. Number of Pages: 344. Weight: 1 lbs. Publication Date: 2009-10-02. ISBN13: 9780520259492.

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In this gripping ethnography, Jeffrey J. Sallaz goes behind the scenes of the global casino industry to investigate the radically different worlds of work and leisure he found in identically designed casinos in the United States and South Africa. Seamlessly weaving political and economic history with his own personal experience, Sallaz provides a riveting account of two years spent working among both countries' casino dealers, pit bosses, and politicians. While the popular imagination sees the Nevada casino as a hedonistic world of consumption, The Labor of Luck shows that the "Vegas experience" is made possible only through a variety of systems regulating labor, capital, and consumers, and that because of these complex dynamics, the Vegas casino cannot be seamlessly picked up and replicated elsewhere. Sallaz's fresh and path-breaking approach reveals how neo-liberal versus post-colonial forms of governance produce divergent worlds at the tables, and how politics, profits, and pleasure have come together to shape everyday life in the new economy.

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University of California Press
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0520259491
ISBN-13
9780520259492
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Author
Jeff Sallaz
Publication Name
Labor of Luck : Casino Capitalism in the United States and South Africa
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
344 Pages

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1in
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Item Weight
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Hv6715.S25 2009
Reviews
Extremely useful. . . . Brings gambling out of the confines of literatures on deviance and pathology into the mainstream of sociology., "Extremely useful. . . . Brings gambling out of the confines of literatures on deviance and pathology into the mainstream of sociology."-- Intl Journal of Comparative Soci, _Extremely useful. . . . Brings gambling out of the confines of literatures on deviance and pathology into the mainstream of sociology._, "Extremely useful. . . . Brings gambling out of the confines of literatures on deviance and pathology into the mainstream of sociology."-- Intl Jrnl of Comparative Soci
Table of Content
List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Introduction: Dealing with Globalization Part I Behind the Tables 1. Nevada: Learning to Deal 2. Silver State Casino: Entrepreneurs at Work 3. South Africa: Gambling with Empowerment 4. Gold City Casino: Effacing Labor Part II Beyond the Scenes 5. The Politics of Producing Service 6. Cut from the Same Cloth: Convergent Historical Origins 7. The Birth of Regulation: States, Stigmata, and Symbolic Capital 8. Of Dice and Men: Divergent Modes of Management Conclusion: Casino Capitalism and Politico-Performativity Methodological Appendix: Comparative Ethnography and Reflexive Science Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2009
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Lccn
2009-009190
Dewey Decimal
338.4/77950968
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Games & Activities, Social Science, Political Science

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