Mapping Leisure across Borders

Mapping Leisure across Borders
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 515
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781443859578
ISBN-13 : 1443859575
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mapping Leisure across Borders by : Gianna Cappello

Download or read book Mapping Leisure across Borders written by Gianna Cappello and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In current academic debates, leisure is increasingly defined as a discursive construction originating both from the specific meanings created by individuals, and the institutionalizing processes that legitimate certain experiences and their spatial-temporal conditions as “leisure”. As a result of social construction and the different social conditions existing at a certain historical moment in different societies, the borders among the various aspects of leisure are becoming more and more blurred; as is the case, for instance, with the borders between leisure and work activities. Such border-crossing is the leitmotif of this book. Although focusing on sociological research, it has in fact a multidisciplinary scope and will appeal to a variety of scholars and students interested in the study of leisure in contemporary society as a fundamental dimension of everyday sociality and sociability with very important effects on social cohesion as a whole. After an introductory section, offering general frames on key definitions of leisure and leisure issues, five other sections follow which concentrate on more specific aspects of leisure practices and forms in contemporary society.


Mapping Leisure across Borders Related Books

Mapping Leisure across Borders
Language: en
Pages: 515
Authors: Gianna Cappello
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-23 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In current academic debates, leisure is increasingly defined as a discursive construction originating both from the specific meanings created by individuals, an
The Serious Leisure Perspective
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Robert A. Stebbins
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-25 - Publisher: Springer Nature

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 a
The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure
Language: en
Pages: 697
Authors: Roger Mantie
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure presents myriad ways for reconsidering and refocusing attention back on the rich, exciting, and emotionally char
Handbook Of The Sociology Of Youth In Brics Countries
Language: en
Pages: 1141
Authors: Tom Dwyer
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-08 - Publisher: World Scientific

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Youth are, by definition, the future. This book brings initial analyses to bear on youth in the five BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Afr
The Sexual Politics of Ballroom Dancing
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Vicki Harman
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-10 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book presents an engaging sociological investigation into how gender is negotiated and performed in ballroom and Latin dancing that draws on extensive ethn