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    Making addiction, making gender: A feminist performativity analysis of Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Limited

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    Authors
    Seear, Kate
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Seear, K. 2015. Making addiction, making gender: A feminist performativity analysis of Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Limited. The Australian Feminist Law Journal. 41 (1): pp. 65-85.
    Source Title
    The Australian Feminist Law Journal
    DOI
    10.1080/13200968.2015.1031932
    ISSN
    1320-0968
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21487
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper examines the landmark 2013 judgment of the Australian High Court in Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Limited. This case focused on the activities of Australian businessman Harry Kakavas, a regular gambler at Melbourne’s Crown casino. Kakavas argued that he was a pathological gambler unconscionably exploited by the casino. Using feminist and queer performativity theory, as well as a science and technology studies (STS) approach to the law, I explore how the court constituted gambling addiction and gender in the case. Via John Law’s notion of ‘collateral realities’, I also examine the way that legal judgments ostensibly dealing with one object can simultaneously materialise other realities, a point with relevance well beyond the present example. I conclude with reflections on the implications of this analysis for law, policy and practice in the study of addiction and gender.

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