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Gilchrist, P. and Wheaton, B. (eds) (2008) Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society? (Vol. 102). Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association. Gilroy, P. (1987) 'There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack': The Cultural Politics of Race and ...
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 ...
Written in each case by experienced and respected experts in the subject area, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension.
Moving beyond women, the emphasis of much gender scholarship to date, this book focuses on issues of feminism as connected to leisure scholarship more broadly.
Walton, (1978) The Blackpool Landlady: A Social History. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Walton, (1981) 'The demand for working—class seaside holidays in Victorian England', Economic History Review 34: 249—65.
"There are textbooks galore, but there aren’t many crafted as intelligently as this one. This book will change the way that students understand leisure.
This edited collection explores Positive Sociology of Leisure (PSL) as a subfield relating to leisure studies, sociology of leisure, and sociology of happiness.
Balancing theory and practice, this is a core introductory textbook for HDN and first-year undergraduate courses in leisure studies and leisure management.
Writing in the 1970s and early 1980s, Stanley Parker suggested that, although work takes up only a portion of people's lives, their leisure activities are undoubtedly conditioned by the various factors associated with the ways they work ...
This book develops a new theory of instrumental whiteness and leisure. Empirical research is drawn upon to highlight whiteness across a comprehensive and internationally-grounded range of leisure practices.