This book centralizes powerful leisure stories that may otherwise be understood as myths-sometimes recognized, often less so-that circulate in the field of leisure studies, and beyond.
In different ways, each of these chapters alerts the readers to the "absent presence" of myths and mythmaking in leisure research.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Leisure Myths and Mythmaking: Introduction to the Special Issue 1. The Myth of the Repack Group: Some Problems and Provocations from an Actor-Network Perspective 2. The Myth of Skating History: Building Elitism into a Sport 3. Creating the Extraordinary: The Social Practices of a Fantasy Event 4. Spring Celebration, H drellez: Myth and Play 5. The Crossroads: Selling Your Soul for Rock n' Roll 6. Rural Sport Spectacles: Ice Hockey, Mythologies, and Meaning-Making in Rural Canada 7. Storytelling for Mythmaking in Tourist Destinations 8. Placemaking as Unmaking: Settler Colonialism, Gentrification, and the Myth of "Revitalized" Urban Spaces
