Toxic Masculinity, Casino Capitalism, and America's Favorite Card Game : The Poker Mindset
ISBN: 9783030402600
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Springer International Publishing AG
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Social Science;

Poker is a centuries-old American game. Why has it become so popular in the twenty-first century? What does current interest in the game tell us about ourselves and some of our most pressing social issues? In this timely and thought-provoking book, Andrew Manno offers important insights into the intersection of gaming, gender, and capitalism that illuminate how the shift to a casino capitalist economy--combined with a culture of toxic masculinity--impacts workers and how it has led to the rise of populism in the United States that manifested in the 2016 election of Donald Trump.

Andrew Manno , Ph.D. is a Professor of English at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey. He teaches courses in writing, Women's and Gender Studies, and Men and Masculinities. His research focuses on masculinities and popular culture.


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