The Labor of Luck

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Casino Capitalism in the United States and South Africa

Jeff Sallaz

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English

University of California Press
02 October 2009

Social & cultural anthropology; Physical anthropology & ethnography; Sport & leisure industries

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.

By: Jeff Sallaz
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520259492
ISBN 10: 0520259491
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 02 October 2009
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeffrey J. Sallaz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona.

Reviews for The Labor of Luck: Casino Capitalism in the United States and South Africa

An important contribution to the sociology of work. --American Journal 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