Gambling, Status Anxiety and Inter-Generational Social Mobility

Findings from the Mass Observation Archive

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2323116
AutoresEmma Casey (0000-0002-6634-6018, Northumbria University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen54
Número2
Páginas380-396
Fecha de publicación2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038519874981
OpenAlexW2978102379
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas41

This article is located within sociological research exploring the subjective experiences and emotional consequences of social mobility in the UK. It adds to recent attempts to examine the role of everyday cultural practices in making sense of journeys of upward mobility. The article draws on these theoretical advancements and applies them to a case study of everyday gambling practices using qualitative data ( N = 24) collected from the Mass Observation Archive. The article represents one of the first attempts to examine the connections between social mobility and gambling. It draws on sociological research that explores the cultural as well as the economic underpinnings of social mobility and connects this to research examining the inter-relationships between gambling and class. By doing so, it aims to present a novel theoretical approach to the study of gambling as everyday consumer practice; one which can be understood alongside broader cultural and structural inequalities of class

Class (philosophy) · Epistemology · Everyday life · Inequality · Qualitative research · Social class · Social inequality · Social mobility · Social science · Sociological research · Sociology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Gender Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology