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Leisure and Consumption

Common Ground/Separate Worlds

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Robert A. Stebbins

    1. University of Calgary, Canada

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Nature of Leisure and Consumption

    • Robert A. Stebbins
    Pages 1-29

  3. Conspicuous Consumption

    • Robert A. Stebbins
    Pages 30-55

  4. Consumption and Leisure in Context

    • Robert A. Stebbins
    Pages 56-81

  5. Phase One: Shopping

    • Robert A. Stebbins
    Pages 82-107

  6. Phase Two: Consuming the Purchase

    • Robert A. Stebbins
    Pages 108-133

  7. Organizing for Consumptive Leisure

    • Robert A. Stebbins
    Pages 134-159

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 160-177
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About this book

The study of consumption has never seriously examined the role of leisure. This ambitious, agenda-setting study, provides the most in-depth examination of the relationship between the two to date, drawing on the serious leisure perspective and outlining a new conceptual framework for analyzing consumption for leisure.

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  • University of Calgary, Canada

    Robert A. Stebbins

About the author

ROBERT A. STEBBINS is Faculty Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Canada. He has authored 30 books and written numerous articles. His publications include New Directions in the Theory and Research of Serious Leisure, Serious Leisure: A Perspective For Our Time, Between Work and Leisure, The Organizational Basis of Leisure Participation: A Motivational Exploration and Personal Decisions in the Public Square: Beyond Problem Solving into a Positive Sociology.

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