Gambling with the Myth of the American Dream
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American Dream
American ideology
Author_Aaron M. Duncan
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Classic Western Film
cultural studies
Dead Money
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frontier
Frontier Myth
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gambling and American identity transformation
Gambling Nature
game
internet
Internet Gambling
Internet Millionaires
Internet Poker
Larger Myth
Las Vegas
media representation
Norman Chad
online
Online Gaming Communities
Online Poker
player
poker
poker history
Poker Player
Poker Table
Poker Tour
Political Myths
Problem Gamblers
professional
Professional Poker Player
risk
risk society
Self-made Man
Selfmade Man
society
Successful Poker Player
Ultimate Bet
Wild West narratives
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415380454
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 Dec 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Aaron Duncan is Director of Speech & Debate and Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
