Feeling lucky : the production of gambling experiences in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas /: the production of gambling experiences in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Franke.
• Authors: Franke, Paul
• Contents: 1. Introduction. -2. Building Paradise – City Spaces and the production process of consumption experiences. - 3. Consumption Spaces – Building Casinos and producing Experiences in Monaco. - 4. The Las Vegas Strip: Creating and Selling the American Gambling Experience. - 5. The Right Crowd: Exclusion and the Moral Economy of Casino Gambling. - 6. Working in the Casinos, how Casinos work – Careers and Professional Biographies as the Basis of Producing the Consumption Experience. - 7. The Production of Consumption Experiences through Gambling Practices. - 8. Happy Losers, Happy Consumers – Gamblers as Consumers of Experiences. - 9. Conclusion: Casinos, Consumption and Capitalism.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (271 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 306.482; Gambling -- Social aspects -- Nevada -- Las Vegas; Gambling -- Social aspects -- Monaco -- Monte-Carlo; Gambling industry -- Nevada -- Las Vegas; Gambling industry -- Monaco -- Monte-Carlo; Cities and towns -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Growth; Cities and towns -- Monaco -- Monte-Carlo -- Growth; Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Social life and customs; Monte-Carlo (Monaco) -- Social life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031330957
• Related ISBNs: 9783031330940
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