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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 17
A.J. Veal
2 A theoretical toolkit for surviving in leisure studies from the 1960s to the 2020s 33
Ken Roberts
3 Serious leisure perspective 48
Robert A. Stebbins
4 The Devil Makes Work: a retrospective analysis of the sociology of leisure 64
Robert Snape
5 The civilizing process and the quest for excitement in leisure: sociological notes based on Norbert Elias and Eric Dunning 78
Christianne Luce Gomes
6 Professor Alan Tomlinson: the importance of being critical 90
Karl Spracklen
7 Zygmunt Bauman and the liquid modern world 102
Spencer Swain
8 Chris Rojek: six monographs in search of a narrative 116
Ian R. Lamond
9 W.E.B. Du Bois and the sociology of leisure: anti-racism in a social justice context for leisure studies 131
Rasul A. Mowatt
10 Post-structuralism and physical culture in the sociology of leisure 147
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 160
Shane Blackman and Claire Davey
12 Henri Lefebvre: key concepts and (social) spaces of leisure 177
Sina Kuzuoglu and Troy D. Glover
13 Feminisms and the sociology of leisure: advancing a politics of hope, complexity, and radical care 192
Bronwen L. Valtchanov and Diana C. Parry
14 Men and masculinities in leisure: Polynesian rugby league players and the changing face of modern masculinity 209
Phillip Borell
15 Normativity, discipline, and surveillance: affirming non-dominant gender and sexual identities in leisure 222
Corey W. Johnson
16 Transgender youth and leisure: oppositional sexism in recreational and Olympic sport 240
Fenton Litwiller
17 Leisure/arts activism: doing activist arts-based research in the context of dementia 256
Sherry L. Dupuis and Pia Kontos
18 "Greenwood Hatchery, which chick do you want?" Finding leisure, a home, and "growing up at 'The 908'" 272
Mary G. Parr
19 How leisure and leisure professionals need to be present for those who are dying 285
Karen M. Fox and Lisa McDermott
20 Shifting tides: questions, reflections, and calls to action on whiteness in leisure studies 300
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 318
Ana Paula Cunha Pereira
22 Young people, leisure and urban space: youth cultures in the city 334
Carlo Genova
PART III DISPUTATIONAL MOMENTS
23 Feminist knowledges, emotion, and affect in the sociology of leisure 351
Simone Fullagar, Erin Nichols and Adele Pavlidis
24 Feminist materialisms and leisure: making kin in times of crisis 365
Allison Jeffrey and Holly Thorpe
25 Homelessness, necropolitics, and the panopticon of public space 380
Jeff Rose
26 Sleeping ruff: human-dog bonding in a disposable society 394
Justin Harmon
27 Decolonial feminism and solo women travel: theoretical possibilities and research agenda 404
Kelen Cristina Duarte, Christine N. Buzinde and Marlusa de Sevilha Gosling
28 On what goes unnoticed: critical dialogues across leisure and (forced) migration studies 422
Nicola De Martini Ugolotti
29 Chinese diaspora communities and leisure 439
Bonnie Pang, Lucen Liu, Alexandra Wong and Beccy Watson
30 Leisure as ideological infrastructure: four nodes of far-right and new-right mobilization 454
Luc S. Cousineau
31 The co-opting of youth social media leisure engagements in a neoliberal school context 471
Jessie A. Bustillos Morales
32 Hobos on a train: leisure and rhythm-as-difference in a (post)pandemic world 487
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 502
Lisbeth A. Berbary, Lauren A. Mohamed and Kimberly J. Lopez
