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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.

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Fabio Massimo Lo Verde is Associate Professor of Sociology and Sociology of Consumption at the University of Palermo, Italy. He is currently the Coordinator of the Sociology section of the PhD Program in Psychological and Sociological Sciences, a Member of the editorial board of the journal Salute e Società, and a Member of the Italian Sociological Association and the Research Committee 13 (Sociology of Leisure) of ISA (International Sociological Association). He has played an important role in the formation of Leisure Studies in Italy. His research work focuses on youth, consumption and leisure. His latest publications include Sociologia del tempo libero and Geometrie sociali della postmodernità.Ishwar Modi is the founding father of Leisure Studies in India. Presently President of the Indian Sociological Society and Director of the India International Institute of Social Sciences, he is also a Member of the Executive Committee of ISA and President of ISA RC 13. He has organized several national and international conferences, and authored, co-authored and edited several books. He is on the editorial board of several journals.Gianna Cappello is Assistant Professor of Digital Media Sociology and Education Sociology at the University of Palermo, Italy. She is the Co-founder and current President of MED (the Italian Association for Media Education), a Co-director of the journal Media Education: Studi, ricerche e buone pratiche, a Board Member of ISA RC 13, and a Member of the Italian Sociological Association. Her research work focuses on the relationship between media and youth, and the implications in the field of formal, informal and non-formal education. Her latest publications include Nascosti nella luce. Media, minori e media education and Ritorno al futuro. Miti e realtà dei nativi digitali.

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