While abundant research has investigated time use, much less attention has been given to the cultural meanings attached to free time and what these may express with regard to conceptions of freedom and the self. In an attempt to fill this gap, Michelle Shir-Wise examines not onl…
While abundant research has investigated time use, much less attention has been given to the cultural meanings attached to free time and what these may express with regard to conceptions of freedom and the self. In an attempt to fill this gap, Michelle Shir-Wise examines not onl…
Pt. I. Some considerations of method -- pt. II. Recovering the spiritual foundations of twenty-first-century leisure -- pt. III. Towards an understanding of devotional leisure.
"In this provocative new book, Tony Blackshaw argues that leisure studies is in a quiet but deep state of crisis. The twenty-first century has brought profound change to all aspects of society, including a plurality of new leisure worlds, and traditional concepts of leisure stud…
The Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP) is a theoretic framework developed by Robert A. Stebbins in 1973, that brings together three main forms of leisure known as serious leisure, casual leisure, and project-based leisure. The SLP has evolved considerably since 1973, and this tex…
The Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP) is a theoretic framework developed by Robert A. Stebbins in 1973, that brings together three main forms of leisure known as serious leisure, casual leisure, and project-based leisure. The SLP has evolved considerably since 1973, and this tex…
Sport and leisure in social thought
by ProQuest (Firm), Jarvie, Grant, Maguire, Joseph A.
This much needed book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding of sport and leisure.
This much needed book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding of sport and leisure.
This book analyses a unique leisure world that has been built around a newly emerging phenomenon known as urban exploration; the art of exploring human-made environments which are generally abandoned or hidden from sight of the public eye. Drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of…
