A Handbook of Leisure Studies

By: A. Veal (Editor), S. Shaw (Editor), C. Rojek (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 March 2008 | Edition Number 1

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This handbook addresses the history, organization and central debates in the field of leisure studies. More than 30 chapters from leading international scholars are presented in 5 clearly defined parts. These examine the origins of leisure studies; review and evaluate the contributions and approaches to leisure studies of key social science disciplines; provide a guide to core questions in the organization of leisure that recur in the literature; consider locations and forms of leisure; and consider the key themes that run through debates as the subject has matured in a central part of the social science canon. Critically summing up the achievements of the field and providing an agenda for future debate and research, it offers an invaluable resource for students, scholars and lecturers.

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'essential not only because of its attempt to set an agenda for the area of study, but because of the wide ranging, high quality contributions, which can be used in their own right' - Geoff Nichols, Leisure Studies

'should prove invaluable for students as they have to come to terms with complex fields of study...' - Peter Bramham, Sociology

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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Museology & Heritage Studies Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Sociology & Sport & Leisure Sports & Recreation Social Research & Statistics Anthropology Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography Society & Culture Media Studies

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Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Introduction: Process and Context	p. 1
Origins
Leisure, Culture and Civilization	p. 25
Anthropology/Pre-History of Leisure	p. 41
The History of Western Leisure	p. 55
Non-Western Traditions: Leisure in India	p. 75
Key Disciplines
Sociology and Cultural Studies	p. 93
Psychology and Social Psychology and the Study of Leisure	p. 109
Geographies of Leisure	p. 125
Economics of Leisure	p. 140
The Duality of Leisure Policy	p. 162
Axial Principles
Leisure and Time	p. 185
Overturning the Modernist Predictions: Recent Trends in Work and Leisure in the OECD	p. 203
Leisure and Gender: Challenges and Opportunities for Feminist Research	p. 216
Leisure and Ageing	p. 231
Race and Leisure	p. 250
A Touch of Class	p. 271
Leisure and Subculture	p. 288
Leisure and Consumption	p. 304
Leisure, Mass Communications and Media	p. 317
Leisure Forms and Settings
Sport and Sport Studies	p. 335
The Arts and Entertainment: Situating Leisure in the Creative Economy	p. 354
Outdoor Recreation	p. 363
Tourism	p. 386
Eating Out and the Appetite for Leisure	p. 404
Family Leisure	p. 417
Leisure and Education	p. 433
Serious Leisure	p. 448
Indexical Themes
Representation	p. 459
Identity	p. 475
The Concept of Praxis: Cultural Studies and the Leisure Industries	p. 491
Articulation	p. 504
Community	p. 518
Resistance	p. 533
Index	p. 547
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