A Handbook of Leisure Studies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Process and Content

   1. Introduction: Process and Content

      • Chris Rojek, Susan M. Shaw, A. J. Veal

      Pages 1-21

3. Origins

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Leisure, Culture and Civilization

      • Chris Rojek

      Pages 25-40

   3. Anthropology/Pre-history of Leisure

      • Garry Chick

      Pages 41-54

   4. The History of Western Leisure

      • Benjamin K. Hunnicutt

      Pages 55-74

   5. Non-Western Traditions: Leisure in India

      • Kumkum Bhattacharya

      Pages 75-89

4. Key Disciplines

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Sociology and Cultural Studies

      • Hugo van der Poel

      Pages 93-108

   3. Psychology and Social Psychology and the Study of Leisure

      • Roger C. Mannell, Douglas A. Kleiber, Marianne Staempfli

      Pages 109-124

   4. Geographies of Leisure

      • David Crouch

      Pages 125-139

   5. Economics of Leisure

      • A. J. Veal

      Pages 140-161

   6. The Duality of Leisure Policy

      • Fred Coalter

      Pages 162-181

5. Axial Principles

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Leisure and Time

      • Jiri Zuzanek

      Pages 185-202

   3. Overturning the Modernist Predictions: Recent Trends in Work and Leisure in the OECD

      • Juliet B. Schor

      Pages 203-215

   4. Leisure and Gender: Challenges and Opportunities for Feminist Research

      • Karla A. Henderson, Susan M. Shaw

      Pages 216-230

   5. Leisure and Ageing

      • Yvonne Harahousou

      Pages 231-249

   6. Race and Leisure

      • Valeria J. Freysinger, Othello Harris

      Pages 250-270

   7. A Touch of Class

      • Chas Critcher

      Pages 271-287

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.

• anthropology
• communication
• community
• Cultural Studies
• culture
• feminism
• identity
• media
• Nation
• organization
• social psychology
• sociology
• Sport
• tourism
• Tradition

'essential not only because of its attempt to set an agenda for the area of study, but because of the wide ranging, high quality contributions, which can be used in their own right' - Geoff Nichols, Leisure Studies

'should prove invaluable for students as they have to come to terms with complex fields of study...' - Peter Bramham, Sociology

• Faculty of Law and Social Science, Brunel University, UK

  Chris Rojek

• Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada

  Susan M. Shaw

• School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

  A. J. Veal

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

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