{"product_id":"casino-women-9781501705625","title":"Casino Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasino Women\u003c\/i\u003e 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 occupationsmaking 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe casino women profiled here generally fall into two groups. Geoconda Arguello Kline, typical of the first, arrived in the United States in the 1980s 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 nationthe 60,000-member \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all of the popular culture that's been based in and around the casino industry—\u003ci\u003eCasino Royale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e21\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others—few have ever taken into account the stories of women working to keep the industry going.... Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones penned this book with the desire to not only fill the void, but also to provide inspiration for others....The emphasis is most certainly on the harsh working conditions and uncertainty that many of Nevada’s women face.\u003ci\u003e Casino Women\u003c\/i\u003e unashamedly offers this view in an attempt to make more people aware of the conditions faced, and in the longer term, to improve these women’s’ lives.... Many of the tales included are certainly fascinating and provide an intriguing insight to an area hardly ever spoken about.\u003c\/p\u003e * CasinoOnline.co.uk *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments1. \"You Have to Do It for the People Coming\"\u003cb\u003ePart I: Back of the House, Front of the House\u003c\/b\u003e2. \"They're Treating Us Like Donkeys, Really\": Housekeeping and Other Back of the House Work3. \"Kiss My Foot\": Cocktail Waitressing\u003cb\u003ePart II: Union Women\u003c\/b\u003e4. \"I'll Always Love the Union\"5. \"Here's My Heart\"\u003cb\u003ePart III: Nonunion Women Stand Up\u003c\/b\u003e6. Darlene Jespersen v. Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.7. Liberation Theology, Pit Boss Style\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Dealers: The Illusion of Power\u003c\/b\u003e8. Dealing: The View from Dead Center9. Stuck10. Big Tobacco Rides the Strip\u003cb\u003ePart V: Women in Management\u003c\/b\u003e11. Crossing Over to the Other Side12. Conclusion: \"A Marvelous Victory\"\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040890945879,"sku":"9781501705625","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501705625.jpg?v=1750948182","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/casino-women-9781501705625","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}