基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. Provides the most complete, authoritative guide to the roots , current issues and future of the field. Addresses the history, organization and central debates in the field of leisure studies.
Full Description
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.
Contents
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
