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The labor of luck [[electronic resource] ] : casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa / / Jeffrey J. Sallaz



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Autore: Sallaz Jeffrey J. <1974-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The labor of luck [[electronic resource] ] : casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa / / Jeffrey J. Sallaz Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
Disciplina: 338.4/77950968
Soggetto topico: Casinos - United States
Casinos - South Africa
Soggetto non controllato: africa
american casinos
business and industry
business
capitalism
casino capitalism
casino dealers
casino industry
casino management
comparative ethnography
consumerism
economic history
ethnography
global casino
gold city casino
labor studies
las vegas
neoliberalism
north america
pit bosses
political history
postcolonialism
power and wealth
regulated labor
regulations
silver state casino
sociology
south africa
south african casinos
united states of america
vegas experience
work and labor
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: Dealing With Globalization -- 1. Nevada: Learning To Deal -- 2. Silver State Casino: Entrepreneurs At Work -- 3. South Africa: Gambling With Empowerment -- 4. Gold City Casino: Effacing Labor -- 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The labor of luck  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35988-6
9786612359880
0-520-94465-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780435803321
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