Desperate housewives: An analysis of the characterisations of female gamblers portrayed in gambling movies in Hong Kong This is the Published version of the following publication Ohtsuka, Keis and Chan, Chi Chuen (2009) Desperate housewives: An analysis of the characterisations of female gamblers portrayed in gambling movies in Hong Kong. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 7 (1). pp. 229-238. ISSN 1557-1874 (Print) 1557-1882 (Online) The publisher’s official version can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-008-9180-2 Note that access to this version may require subscription. Downloaded from VU Research Repository https://vuir.vu.edu.au/1916/ Int J Ment Health Addiction (2009) 7:229-238 DOI 10.1007/s11469-008-9180-2 Desperate housewives: An analysis of the characterisations of female gamblers portrayed in gambling movies in Hong Kong Keis Ohtsuka Chi Chuen Chan Received: 12 June 2008 / Accepted 25 September 2008 / Published online: 7 October 2008 © Sprinter Science + Business Media, LLC 2008 Note: An earlier version of this article was presented at the International Gambling Conference - Looking Forward: New Directions in Research and Minimising Public Harm, Auckland 2008 - Manuscript publication Please direct all correspondences to: Keis Ohtsuka School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, Vic 8001, Australia e-mail:
[email protected] 1 Int J Ment Health Addiction (2009) 7:229-238 DOI 10.1007/s11469-008-9180-2 Abstract This article examines portrayals of female gamblers in recent Hong Kong movies. The authors report that the depiction of female gamblers is very different from that of male gamblers in the movies made in the same period.