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Casino Women sheds light on female face of corporate gaming
What: Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones sign and discuss Casino Women: Courage in Unexpected Places.
Where: Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89509
When: Saturday, October 22, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
About the Book: Casino Women 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 and vice presidents, the book describes in compelling detail a world whose enormous profitability is dependent on the labor of women assigned stereotypically female occupations—making 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 quests for profits.
About the Authors: Susan Chandler has taught at the University of Nevada, Reno’s School of Social Work since 1993. She is the author of numerous articles on the history of social work and the relationship of the profession to issues of peace, race and poverty. Her study, “Working Hard, Living Poor,” which details the economic realities faced by Nevada’s low-wage workers is widely used in legislative and policy circles and in Nevada social service agencies. She is a graduate of Oberlin College (BA,) California State University, Sacramento (MSW) and the University of California, Berkeley (PhD).
Jill B. Jones taught for eleven years at University of Nevada, Reno’s School of Social Work where she coordinated the MSW Program. She is currently Associate Professor Emeritus. Jones received her undergraduate and MSW degrees at the University of Utah, and her PhD degree from Bryn Mawr College. She taught at Bryn Mawr College and the University of Tennessee, Memphis before coming to Nevada. Her research focuses on gender issues related to work, health care and the global economy. She now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah where, in addition to continuing her research, she advocates and agitates for responsible immigration and environmental policies.
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