A Handbook of Leisure Studies

2006
ISBN: 978-1-4039-0279-5
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 577 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 859 g

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 research academics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rojek, C.

Shaw, S.

Veal, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors Introduction: Process and Context; C.Rojek, S.M.Shaw & A.J.Veal PART I: ORIGINS Leisure, Culture and Civilization; C.Rojek Anthropology/Pre-History of Leisure; G.Chick The History of Western Leisure; B.K.Hunnicutt Non-Western Traditions: Leisure in India; K.Bhattacharya PART II: KEY DISCIPLINES Sociology and Cultural Studies; H.van der Poel Psychology and Social Psychology and the Study of Leisure; R.C.Mannell, D.A.Kleiber & M.Staempfli Geographies of Leisure; D.Crouch Economics of Leisure; A.J.Veal The Duality of Leisure Policy; F.Coalter PART III: AXIAL PRINCIPLES Leisure and Time; J.Zuzanek Overturning the Modernist Predictions: Recent Trends in Work and Leisure in the OECD; J.B.Schor Leisure and Gender: Challenges and Opportunities for Feminist Research; K.A.Henderson & S.M.Shaw Leisure and Ageing; Y.Harahousou Race and Leisure; V.J.Freysinger & O.Harris A Touch of Class; C.Critcher Leisure and Subculture; C.Jenks Leisure and Consumption; D.T.Cook Leisure, Mass Communications and Media; D.Rowe PART IV: LEISURE FORMS AND SETTINGS Sport and Sports Studies; S.Birrell The Arts and Entertainment: Situating Leisure in the Creative Economy; D.Stevenson Outdoor Recreation; J.M.Jenkins & J.J.Pigram Tourism; A.Franklin Eating Out and the Appetite for Leisure; J.Finkelstein & R.Lynch Family Leisure; M.Harrington Leisure and Education; A.Sivan Serious Leisure; R.A.Stebbins PART V: INDEXICAL THEMES Representation; C.Rojek Identity; C.Rojek The Concept of Praxis: Cultural Studies and the Leisure Industries; C.Barker Articulation; D.Harris Community; A.Pedlar & L.Haworth Resistance; S. M. Shaw Index

Über Autor(innen)

CHRIS BARKER Associate Professor, Department of Communications and Cultural Studies, University of Woolongong, Australia
KUMKUM BHATTACHARYA Professor, Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati University, India
SUSAN BIRRELL Professor, Departments of Health and Sports Studies, Women's Studies and American Studies, University of Iowa, USA
GARRY CHICK Professor, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University, USA
FRED COALTER Professor of Sports Policy, Centre for Sports Research, University of Stirling, UK
DANIEL THOMAS COOK Associate Professor, Department of Advertising and Communications, University of Illinois, USA
CHAS CRITCHER Professor of Communications and Head of the Humanities Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
DAVID CROUCH Professor of Cultural Geography, Tourism and Leisure, and Director of The Culture, Lifestyle and Landscape Research Centre, University of Derby, UK
JOANNE FINKELSTEIN Executive Dean and Professor, Faculty of Arts, Education, Human Development, Victoria University, Australia
ADRIAN FRANKLIN Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania, Australia
VALERIA J. FREYSINGER Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies, Miami University of Ohio, USA
YVONNE HARAHOUSOU Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
MAUREEN HARRINGTON Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith University, Australia
DAVID HARRIS Senior Lecturer, School of Sport, Physical Education and Leisure, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, UK
OTHELLO HARRIS Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies, Miami University of Ohio, USA
LAWRENCE HAWORTH Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
KARLA A. HENDERSON Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, USA
BENJAMIN K. HUNNICUTT Professor, Department of Leisure Studies, University of Iowa, USA
JOHN M. JENKINS Associate Professor of Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia
CHRIS JENKS Professor of Sociology and Vice-Chancellor, Brunel University, London UK
DOUGLAS A. KLEIBER Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Georgia, USA
ROB LYNCH Professor of Leisure and Tourism Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Sydney, Australia
ROGER C. MANNELL Psychologist and Professor of Leisure Studies, Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ALISON PEDLAR Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
JOHN J. PIGRAM Adjunct Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Water Policy Research, University of New England, Australia
DAVID ROWE Director and Professor,Centre for Cultural Research, University of Newcastle, Australia
JULIET B. SCHOR Professor, Department of Sociology, Boston College, USA
ATARA SIVAN Professor, Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
MARIANNE STAEMPFLI Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University, Canada
ROBERT A. STEBBINS Faculty Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, USA
DEBORAH STEVENSON Associate Professor and Director of the Cultural Industries and Practices Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia
HUGO VAN DER POEL Educational Director, Department of Social-Cultural Sciences, Tilberg University, The Netherlands
JIRI ZUZANEK Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada