Leisure, Sports & Society
Author:   Karl Spracklen (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
ISBN:  

9780230362017


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 May 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Karl Spracklen (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780230362017


ISBN 10:   023036201
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Sociology of Leisure? PART I: UNDERSTANDING LEISURE 1. A History and Philosophy of Leisure 2. Leisure and Modernity 3. Leisure and Work 4. Leisure as Function PART II: LEISURE SOCIOLOGIES 5. Leisure and Structure 6. Leisure and Inequality 7. Leisure and Identity 8. Leisure and Community 9. Leisure Subcultures PART III: LEISURE TRENDS 10. Leisure and Globalization 11. Leisure and Commodification 12. Leisure and Postmodernity 13. Postmodern Leisure 14. Liquid Leisure and Intentionality 15. Leisure and Resistance 16. Dark Leisure 17. The Future of Leisure PART IV: THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF LEISURE 18. The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure.

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Overall, this book is innovative and will fill a niche in the literature. The perspective taken is quite unique and draws on ideas and theories not typically included in other texts focused on leisure and society. The description and discussion of these ideas is lucid and engaging, and makes several difficult ideas accessible to an undergraduate audience.- Bryan Smale, Professor of Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo


"""For an undergraduate seeking to come to terms with this academic area, reaching to the shelf for this text will prove very comforting and especially useful... Spracklen offers a cogent, contemporary and clearly laid-out piece of writing"" - Russell Holden, Leisure Studies"


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Karl Spracklen is a Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

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