Finding Prosperity as a Lottery Winner
Presentations of Self after Acquisition of Sudden Wealth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2322116 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Hedenus (0000-0002-5745-0227, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-37 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038510387197 |
| OpenAlex | W2049039092 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 25 |
The narrative about the squandering lottery winner ending up alone and in debt has been shown to affect other lottery winners' thinking about how to manage their money. Based on a narrative analysis of interviews with 14 Swedish lottery winners, this article considers the ways in which lottery winners present themselves and their post-winning life in counter-position to this story about the squandering winner. By spending their prize money responsibly in order to project moderate, non-luxury consumption, the winners are 'rewarded' by feelings of fortune, security, and happiness. Finally, the article discusses how this narrative about 'the prospering winner' might be understood in relation to norms about consumption and identity
Consumption (sociology) · Debt · Economic growth · Economics · Feeling · Happiness · Lottery · Microeconomics · Narrative · Political science · Position (finance) · Positive economics · Prosperity · Social science · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Finance · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wine Industry and Tourism
From benefactor to outsider
From hedonism to frugality
Survivor guilt
A Spectacle of Silencing
It’s So Hard to Control It’
Pennies from heaven? Conceptions and earmarking of lottery prize money
Becoming a Winner But Staying the Same
Why the Poor Play the Lottery
Who wants to work less? Significance of socio-economic status and work conditions for work commitment among Swedish lottery winners
Analysis of Personal Narratives
Narratives in Social Science Research
Considering counter narratives
Suicide
Stigma
Frame analysis
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Suicide
Modernity and Self-Identity
Norwegian lottery winners
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Beyond Reductionism
Time for Work or Time for Family? Work-Life Balance after Winning the Lottery
Gambling and Consumption
Consumption and its discontents
Narrative, life story and manager identity
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Sudden Wealth, Gratification and Attainment
Gambling and the Contradictions of Consumption
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |