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This incisive Research Handbook investigates the complex and multifaceted field of the sociology of leisure. Expert authors explore the social meaning and purpose of leisure in an era defined by postmodernity, post-industrialism, globalization, and digitalization.
The Handbook firstly reflects on the history of leisure studies, moving on to analyse its connection to post-structuralism, racism, feminism, gender, and masculinity. Chapters assess leisure in relation to marginalized individuals, asking key research questions such as: how are leisure experiences shared? To what extent is leisure vital to a sense of belonging? In which contexts is leisure characterized negatively? Featuring contributions from leading sociologists of leisure, this Research Handbook pairs historical and contemporary theorizations with detailed empirical research on leisure contexts and social relations. Spanning a diverse range of identities and communities, it highlights the importance of leisure for self-expression, and the relationship between leisure, power, and control.
Part of a long-standing and evolving body of scholarship, this Research Handbook on the Sociology of Leisure is an essential resource for academics and students of sociology and leisure scholarship, human geography, and cultural sociology. It is also a vital read for those interested in theoretical engagements and research in leisure studies.
Contents
Contents
Introduction: starting lines, turning points, and disputational moments in the
sociology of leisure 1
Brett Lashua, Felice Yuen and Karl Spracklen
PART I STARTING LINES
1 Joffre Dumazedier and the sociology of leisure 16
A.J. Veal
2 A theoretical toolkit for surviving in leisure studies from the 1960s to the
2020s 32
Ken Roberts
3 Serious leisure perspective 47
Robert A. Stebbins
4 The Devil Makes Work: a retrospective analysis of the sociology of leisure 62
Robert Snape
5 The civilizing process and the quest for excitement in leisure: sociological
notes based on Norbert Elias and Eric Dunning 76
Christianne Luce Gomes
6 Professor Alan Tomlinson: the importance of being critical 88
Karl Spracklen
7 Zygmunt Bauman and the liquid modern world 100
Spencer Swain
8 Chris Rojek: six monographs in search of a narrative 114
Ian R. Lamond
9 W.E.B. Du Bois and the sociology of leisure: anti-racism in a social justice
context for leisure studies 129
Rasul A. Mowatt
10 Post-structuralism and physical culture in the sociology of leisure 145
Neil Carr
PART II TURNING POINTS
11 Iron cage of moral panics: Stanley Cohen, Jock Young, and Stuart Hall on
youth cultures, moral panics, folk devils, and woke 158
Shane Blackman and Claire Davey
12 Henri Lefebvre: key concepts and (social) spaces of leisure 175
Sina Kuzuoglu and Troy D. Glover
13 Feminisms and the sociology of leisure: advancing a politics of hope,
complexity, and radical care 190
Bronwen L. Valtchanov and Diana C. Parry
14 Men and masculinities in leisure: Polynesian rugby league players and the
changing face of modern masculinity 207
Phillip Borell
15 Normativity, discipline, and surveillance: affirming non-dominant gender
and sexual identities in leisure 220
Corey W. Johnson
16 Transgender youth and leisure: oppositional sexism in recreational sport 238
Fenton Litwiller
17 Leisure/arts activism: doing activist arts-ased research in the context of
dementia 253
Sherry L. Dupuis and Pia Kontos
18 "Greenwood Hatchery, which chick do you want?" Finding leisure, a
home, and "growing up at 'The 908'" 269
Mary G. Parr
19 How leisure and leisure professionals need to be present for those who are
dying 282
Karen M. Fox and Lisa McDermott
20 Shifting tides: questions, reflections, and calls to action on whiteness in
leisure studies 297
Leah Joyner and Dana Kivel
21 Leisure, resistance movements, and marginalised youth: 30 years of the
Cultural Group AfroReggae, a non-governmental organisation in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil 314
Ana Paula Cunha Pereira
22 Young people, leisure and urban space: youth cultures in the city 330
Carlo Genova
PART III DISPUTATIONAL MOMENTS
23 Feminist knowledges, emotion, and affect in the sociology of leisure 347
Simone Fullagar, Erin Nichols and Adele Pavlidis
24 Feminist materialisms and leisure: making kin in times of crisis 361
Allison Jeffrey and Holly Thorpe
25 Homelessness, necropolitics, and the panopticon of public space 376
Jeff Rose
26 Sleeping ruff: human-dog bonding in a disposable society 390
Justin Harmon
27 Decolonial feminism and solo women travel: theoretical possibilities and
research agenda 400
Kelen Cristina Duarte, Christine N. Buzinde and Marlusa de Sevilha Gosling
28 On what goes unnoticed: critical dialogues across leisure and (forced)
migration studies 418
Nicola De Martini Ugolotti
29 Chinese diaspora communities and leisure 435
Bonnie Pang, Lucen Liu, Alexandra Wong and Beccy Watson
30 Leisure, technology, and far-right and new-right ideologies in four parts 450
Luc S. Cousineau
31 The co-opting of youth social media leisure engagements in a neoliberal
school context 467
Jessie A. Bustillos Morales
32 Hobos on a train: leisure and rhythm-as-difference in a (post)pandemic
world 483
Brian E. Kumm, Joseph A. Pate and Sasha C. Mader
33 Being(s), un/doing(s) and going(s) elsewhere: (foot)notes on academia and
beyond 498
Lisbeth A. Berbary, Lauren A. Mohamed and Kimberly J. Lopez
