Casino women :: courageous in unexpected places /
Casino Women is a pioneering look at the female face of corporate gaming. Based on extended interviews with maids, cocktail waitresses, cooks, laundry workers, dealers, pit bosses, managers, and vice presidents, the book describes in compelling detail a world whose enormous profitability is dependen...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Casino Women is a pioneering look at the female face of corporate gaming. Based on extended interviews with maids, cocktail waitresses, cooks, laundry workers, dealers, pit bosses, managers, and vice presidents, the book describes in compelling detail a world whose enormous profitability is dependent on the labor of women assigned stereotypically female occupations-making beds and serving food on the one hand and providing sexual allure on the other. But behind the neon lies another world, peopled by thousands of remarkable women who assert their humanity in the face of gaming empires' relentless quest for profits. The casino women profiled here generally fall into two groups. Geoconda Arguello Kline, typical of the first, arrived in the United States in the 1980's fleeing the war in Nicaragua. Finding work as a Las Vegas hotel maid, she overcame her initial fear of organizing and joined with others to build the preeminent grassroots union in the nation-the 60,000-member Culinary Union-becoming in time its president. In Las Vegas, "the hottest union city in America," the collective actions of union activists have won economic and political power for tens of thousands of working Nevadans and their families. The story of these women's transformation and their success in creating a union able to face off against global gaming giants form the centerpiece of this book. Another group of women, dealers and middle managers among them, did not act. Fearful of losing their jobs, they remained silent, declining to speak out when others were abused, and in the case of middle managers, taking on the corporations' goals as their own. Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones appraise the cost of their silence and examine the factors that pushed some women into activism and led others to accept the status quo. Casino Women will appeal to all readers interested in women, gambling, and working-class life, and in how ordinary people stand up to corporate actors who appear to hold all the cards. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Chandler, Susan Kerr. Casino women : courageous in unexpected places / Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones. Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011. 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Includes bibliographical references and index. You have to do it for the people coming -- They're treating us like donkeys, really : housekeeping and other back of the house work -- Kiss my foot : cocktail waitressing -- I'll always love the union -- Here's my heart -- Darlene Jespersen v. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. -- Liberation theology, pit boss style -- Dealing : the view from dead center -- Stuck -- Big tobacco rides the strip -- Crossing over to the other side. Casino Women is a pioneering look at the female face of corporate gaming. Based on extended interviews with maids, cocktail waitresses, cooks, laundry workers, dealers, pit bosses, managers, and vice presidents, the book describes in compelling detail a world whose enormous profitability is dependent on the labor of women assigned stereotypically female occupations-making beds and serving food on the one hand and providing sexual allure on the other. But behind the neon lies another world, peopled by thousands of remarkable women who assert their humanity in the face of gaming empires' relentless quest for profits. The casino women profiled here generally fall into two groups. Geoconda Arguello Kline, typical of the first, arrived in the United States in the 1980's fleeing the war in Nicaragua. Finding work as a Las Vegas hotel maid, she overcame her initial fear of organizing and joined with others to build the preeminent grassroots union in the nation-the 60,000-member Culinary Union-becoming in time its president. In Las Vegas, "the hottest union city in America," the collective actions of union activists have won economic and political power for tens of thousands of working Nevadans and their families. The story of these women's transformation and their success in creating a union able to face off against global gaming giants form the centerpiece of this book. Another group of women, dealers and middle managers among them, did not act. Fearful of losing their jobs, they remained silent, declining to speak out when others were abused, and in the case of middle managers, taking on the corporations' goals as their own. Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones appraise the cost of their silence and examine the factors that pushed some women into activism and led others to accept the status quo. Casino Women will appeal to all readers interested in women, gambling, and working-class life, and in how ordinary people stand up to corporate actors who appear to hold all the cards. English. Casinos Nevada Employees. Gambling industry Nevada Employees. Women service industries workers Nevada. Employee rights Nevada. Casinos Nevada Personnel. Jeux de hasard Industrie Nevada Personnel. Services (Industrie) Personnel féminin Nevada. Personnel Droits Nevada. POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor. bisacsh Casinos Employees fast Employee rights fast Women service industries workers fast Nevada fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRq3pchH94Jyt9kdc99c Jones, Jill B. has work: Casino women (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGXjqh4DYGrbBdxkyRhDVP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Chandler, Susan Kerr. Casino women. Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011 (DLC) 2011009589 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=673711 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Chandler, Susan Kerr Casino women : courageous in unexpected places / You have to do it for the people coming -- They're treating us like donkeys, really : housekeeping and other back of the house work -- Kiss my foot : cocktail waitressing -- I'll always love the union -- Here's my heart -- Darlene Jespersen v. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. -- Liberation theology, pit boss style -- Dealing : the view from dead center -- Stuck -- Big tobacco rides the strip -- Crossing over to the other side. Casinos Nevada Employees. Gambling industry Nevada Employees. Women service industries workers Nevada. Employee rights Nevada. Casinos Nevada Personnel. Jeux de hasard Industrie Nevada Personnel. Services (Industrie) Personnel féminin Nevada. Personnel Droits Nevada. POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor. bisacsh Casinos Employees fast Employee rights fast Women service industries workers fast |
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| title_full | Casino women : courageous in unexpected places / Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones. |
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| topic | Casinos Nevada Employees. Gambling industry Nevada Employees. Women service industries workers Nevada. Employee rights Nevada. Casinos Nevada Personnel. Jeux de hasard Industrie Nevada Personnel. Services (Industrie) Personnel féminin Nevada. Personnel Droits Nevada. POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor. bisacsh Casinos Employees fast Employee rights fast Women service industries workers fast |
| topic_facet | Casinos Nevada Employees. Gambling industry Nevada Employees. Women service industries workers Nevada. Employee rights Nevada. Casinos Nevada Personnel. Jeux de hasard Industrie Nevada Personnel. Services (Industrie) Personnel féminin Nevada. Personnel Droits Nevada. POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor. Casinos Employees Employee rights Women service industries workers Nevada |
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