Ways of escape

Ways of escape: modern transformations in leisure and travel

by Rojek, Chris

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Modern life is often described as an iron cage from which there is no escape. But popular culture venerates leisure and travel as authentic escape routes from routine and monotony. However what kind of escape is tolerated in modern society? How is it shaped by historical expectations of leisure and travel? And what do we actually experience when we engage in leisure or travel activity? This fascinating and accomplished book tries to supply answers to these questions. A major scholarly contribut…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Ways of escape : modern transformations in leisure and travel / Chris Rojek.

Summary

Modern life is often described as an iron cage from which there is no escape. But popular culture venerates leisure and travel as authentic escape routes from routine and monotony. However what kind of escape is tolerated in modern society? How is it shaped by historical expectations of leisure and travel? And what do we actually experience when we engage in leisure or travel activity? This fascinating and accomplished book tries to supply answers to these questions. A major scholarly contribution to the sociological analysis of leisure, pleasure and travel, Dr Rojek's study is a radical challenge to the existing paradigmatic orthodoxy. Bryan S. Turner, University of Essex.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1993.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:Basingstoke
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1993.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages) : : illustrations, map, plans

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780230373402, 0230373402
  • DOI:10.1057/9780230373402
  • oclc:ocn759110591
  • LC Classification:GV14.45
  • Dewey Decimal:306.4812

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Welcome to Greenfield Village -- The Management of Pleasure -- Thoroughly Modern Woman -- Disorganized Leisure? -- Fatal Attractions -- Wonderful World -- Conclusion -- Index.

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Subjects

Freizeit History leisure Leisure -- Sociological aspects Loisir -- Aspect sociologique Loisirs POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy Reise SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture Sociologie Soziologie Toerisme Tourismus Travel -- Sociological aspects Voyage -- Aspect sociologique vrije tijd

Writers

Rojek, Chris

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