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Gambling with the Myth of the American Dream (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society) - Softcover

Buch 41 von 139: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Duncan, Aaron M.

 
9780415380454: Gambling with the Myth of the American Dream (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415380456 ISBN 13: 9780415380454
Verlag: Routledge, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

This book explores the rise and increased acceptance of gambling in America, particularly the growth of the game of poker, as a means for examining changes to the American Dream and the risk society. Poker both critiques and reinterprets the myth of the American Dream, putting greater emphasis on the importance of luck and risk management while deemphasizing the importance of honesty and hard work. Duncan discusses the history of gambling in America, changes to the rhetoric surrounding gambling, the depiction of poker in the Wild West as portrayed in film, its recent rise in popularity on television, its current place in post-modern America on the internet, and future implications.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Aaron Duncan is Director of Speech & Debate and Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0415380456
ISBN 13 
9780415380454
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190
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