A unique, international resource for Leisure Studies: in one volume the history, organization and central debates in the field of Leisure Studies are defined, providing a one-stop-shop for students and an agenda for future debate and research academics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Notes on Contributors Introduction: Process and Context; C. Rojek, S. M. Shaw & A. J. Veal PART I: ORIGINS Leisure, Culture and Civilization; C. Rojek Anthropology/Pre-History of Leisure; G. Chick The History of Western Leisure; B. K. Hunnicutt Non-Western Traditions: Leisure in India; K. Bhattacharya PART II: KEY DISCIPLINES Sociology and Cultural Studies; H. van der Poel Psychology and Social Psychology and the Study of Leisure; R. C. Mannell, D. A. Kleiber & M. Staempfli Geographies of Leisure; D. Crouch Economics of Leisure; A. J. Veal The Duality of Leisure Policy; F. Coalter PART III: AXIAL PRINCIPLES Leisure and Time; J. Zuzanek Overturning the Modernist Predictions: Recent Trends in Work and Leisure in the OECD; J. B. Schor Leisure and Gender: Challenges and Opportunities for Feminist Research; K. A. Henderson & S. M. Shaw Leisure and Ageing; Y. Harahousou Race and Leisure; V. J. Freysinger & O. Harris A Touch of Class; C. Critcher Leisure and Subculture; C. Jenks Leisure and Consumption; D. T. Cook Leisure, Mass Communications and Media; D. Rowe PART IV: LEISURE FORMS AND SETTINGS Sport and Sports Studies; S. Birrell The Arts and Entertainment: Situating Leisure in the Creative Economy; D. Stevenson Outdoor Recreation; J. M. Jenkins & J. J. Pigram Tourism; A. Franklin Eating Out and the Appetite for Leisure; J. Finkelstein & R. Lynch Family Leisure; M. Harrington Leisure and Education; A. Sivan Serious Leisure; R. A. Stebbins PART V: INDEXICAL THEMES Representation; C. Rojek Identity; C. Rojek The Concept of Praxis: Cultural Studies and the Leisure Industries; C. Barker Articulation; D. Harris Community; A. Pedlar & L. Haworth Resistance; S. M. Shaw Index
