Making addiction, making gender: A feminist performativity analysis of Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Limited
dc.contributor.author | Seear, Kate | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:25:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:25:29Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-05-30T19:30:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21487 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13200968.2015.1031932 | |
dc.description.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. | |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis Australasia | |
dc.title | Making addiction, making gender: A feminist performativity analysis of Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Limited | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 41 | |
dcterms.source.number | 1 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 65 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 85 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1320-0968 | |
dcterms.source.title | The Australian Feminist Law Journal | |
curtin.department | National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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