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Women and Gambling - Cleanliness

Laurie Taylor talks to Emma Casey about her research into women鈥檚 gambling experiences and explores how it is integrated into their everyday lives.

WOMEN AND GAMBLING
Laurie Taylor talks to Emma Casey, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Kingston about her research findings into women鈥檚 gambling experiences and the ways in which these experiences are integrated with their everyday lives.

CLEANLINESS
Virginia Smith is the author of a new book entitled Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity. She is joined by anthropologist, Adam Kuper, to discuss her contention that our striving throughout history for personal cleanliness has brought great social benefits as well as great tragedies.

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Mon 11 Aug 2008 00:15
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