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Introduction to leisure studies / By Chris Bull.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow [England] : Prentice-Hall, 2003.Description: xiii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780582325036
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 790.107/2 22
LOC classification:
  • GV14.5 BUL 2003
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Contents:
Notes on contributors -- 1. Introduction : process and context / Chris Rojek, Susan M. Shaw and A.J. Veal -- pt. 1. Origins -- 2. Leisure, culture and civilization / Chris Rojek -- 3. anthropology/pre-history of leisure / Garry Chick -- 4. The history of Western leisure / Benjamin K. Hunnicutt -- 5. Non-Western traditions : leisure in India / Kumkum Bhattacharya -- pt. 2. Key disciplines -- 6. Sociology and cultural studies / Hugo van de Poel -- 7. Psychology and social psychology and the study of leisure / Roger C. Mannell, Douglas A. Kleiber and Marianne Stampfli -- 8. Geographies of leisure / David Crouch -- 9. Economics of leisure / A.J. Veal -- 10. The duality of leisure policy / Fred Coalter -- pt. 3. Axial principles -- 11. Leisure and time / Jiri Zuzanek -- 12. Overturning the modernist predictions : recent trends in work and leisure in the OECD / Juliet B. Schor -- 13. Leisure and gender : challenges and opportunities for feminist research / Karla A. Henderson and Susan M. Shaw -- 14. Leisure and ageing / Yvonne Harahousou -- 15. Race and leisure / Valeria J. Freysinger and Othello Harris --
16. A touch of class / Chas Critcher -- 17. Leisure and subculture / Chris Jenks -- 18. Leisure and consumption / Daniel Thomas Cook -- 19. Leisure, mass communications and media / David Rowe -- pt. 4. Leisure forms and settings -- 20. Sport and sport studies / Susan Birrell -- 21. The arts and entertainment : situating leisure in the creative economy / Deborah Stevenson -- 22. Outdoor recreation / John M. Jenkins and John J. Pigram -- 23. Tourism / Adrian Franklin -- 24. Eating out and the appetite for leisure / Joanne Finkelstein and Rob Lynch -- 25. Family leisure / Maureen Harrington -- 26. Leisure and education / Atara Sivan -- 27. Serious leisure / Robert A. Stebbins -- pt. 5. Indexical themes -- 28. Representation / Chris Rojek -- 29. Identity / Chris Rojek -- 30. The concept of praxis : cultural studies and the leisure industries / Chris Barker -- 31. Articulation / David Harris -- 32. Community / Allison Pedlar and Lawrence Haworth -- 33. Resistance / Susan M. Shaw -- Index.
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuni Faculty of Tourism, Hospitality and Management Studies Library Non-fiction GV 14.5 BUL 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 7026 Available MzULM-007026

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on contributors -- 1. Introduction : process and context / Chris Rojek, Susan M. Shaw and A.J. Veal -- pt. 1. Origins -- 2. Leisure, culture and civilization / Chris Rojek -- 3. anthropology/pre-history of leisure / Garry Chick -- 4. The history of Western leisure / Benjamin K. Hunnicutt -- 5. Non-Western traditions : leisure in India / Kumkum Bhattacharya -- pt. 2. Key disciplines -- 6. Sociology and cultural studies / Hugo van de Poel -- 7. Psychology and social psychology and the study of leisure / Roger C. Mannell, Douglas A. Kleiber and Marianne Stampfli -- 8. Geographies of leisure / David Crouch -- 9. Economics of leisure / A.J. Veal -- 10. The duality of leisure policy / Fred Coalter -- pt. 3. Axial principles -- 11. Leisure and time / Jiri Zuzanek -- 12. Overturning the modernist predictions : recent trends in work and leisure in the OECD / Juliet B. Schor -- 13. Leisure and gender : challenges and opportunities for feminist research / Karla A. Henderson and Susan M. Shaw -- 14. Leisure and ageing / Yvonne Harahousou -- 15. Race and leisure / Valeria J. Freysinger and Othello Harris --

16. A touch of class / Chas Critcher -- 17. Leisure and subculture / Chris Jenks -- 18. Leisure and consumption / Daniel Thomas Cook -- 19. Leisure, mass communications and media / David Rowe -- pt. 4. Leisure forms and settings -- 20. Sport and sport studies / Susan Birrell -- 21. The arts and entertainment : situating leisure in the creative economy / Deborah Stevenson -- 22. Outdoor recreation / John M. Jenkins and John J. Pigram -- 23. Tourism / Adrian Franklin -- 24. Eating out and the appetite for leisure / Joanne Finkelstein and Rob Lynch -- 25. Family leisure / Maureen Harrington -- 26. Leisure and education / Atara Sivan -- 27. Serious leisure / Robert A. Stebbins -- pt. 5. Indexical themes -- 28. Representation / Chris Rojek -- 29. Identity / Chris Rojek -- 30. The concept of praxis : cultural studies and the leisure industries / Chris Barker -- 31. Articulation / David Harris -- 32. Community / Allison Pedlar and Lawrence Haworth -- 33. Resistance / Susan M. Shaw -- Index.

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