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Ways of Escape

Modern Transformations in Leisure and Travel

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Chris Rojek

    1. Routledge, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Welcome to Greenfield Village

    • Chris Rojek
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Management of Pleasure

    • Chris Rojek
    Pages 10-50

  4. Thoroughly Modern Woman

    • Chris Rojek
    Pages 51-96

  5. Disorganized Leisure?

    • Chris Rojek
    Pages 97-135

  6. Fatal Attractions

    • Chris Rojek
    Pages 136-172

  7. Wonderful World

    • Chris Rojek
    Pages 173-203

  8. Conclusion

    • Chris Rojek
    Pages 204-216

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 217-251
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About this book

Modern life is often described as an iron cage from which there is no escape. But popular culture venerates leisure and travel as authentic escape routes from routine and monotony. However what kind of escape is tolerated in modern society? How is it shaped by historical expectations of leisure and travel? And what do we actually experience when we engage in leisure or travel activity? This fascinating and accomplished book tries to supply answers to these questions. A major scholarly contribution to the sociological analysis of leisure, pleasure and travel, Dr Rojek's study is a radical challenge to the existing paradigmatic orthodoxy. Bryan S. Turner, University of Essex.

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    Chris Rojek

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