Gambling, Status Anxiety and Inter-Generational Social Mobility:Findings from the Mass Observation Archive

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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.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Casey, Emma
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	Funding Information: The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: The research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (Gambling and Households: New Gambling Directive at Mass Observation Archive, RES-000-22-4314). Funding Information: Thanks are due to participants at the Everyday Participation conference 2018, at Manchester University who provided stimulating discussions following a presentation of the research findings. Thanks also to the generous and helpful comments from the three anonymous referees and to Dr Dave O’Brien who offered invaluable feedback on an early version of the article. The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: The research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (Gambling and Households: New Gambling Directive at Mass Observation Archive, RES-000-22-4314). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2019.
Keywords:	class,cultural capital,gambling,habitus,Mass Observation,social mobility,value
Dates:	Published: 1 April 2020 Published (online): 7 October 2019 Accepted: 1 July 2019
Institution:	The University of York
Depositing User:	Pure (York)
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2022 10:00
Last Modified:	22 Dec 2024 00:16
Published Version:	https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038519874981
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1177/0038038519874981
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194204

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