“Gambling and women don’t mix”: Female Gamblers and the American Dream in Film
A metaphorical expression of the myth of the American Dream, gambling — institutionalized in casinos or illegal in underground circles — soon became a fixture of masculine film genres such as westerns and gangster films. As a rule, gambling movies, regardless of their genre, are male-driven films, l...
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| Language: | English |
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2020-11-01
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/angles/2697 |