Offering readers the most complete and authoritative critical introduction to Leisure Theory and written by one of the major figures in the field, the book provides an exciting and reliable guide to leisure forms, leisure practice and the representation of leisure. It demonstrates how power relations influence leisure choices and introduces students to the primary functions and regulative mechanisms of leisure, providing a thought provoking account of the central problems confronting students of leisure today. Written with the needs of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in mind, the book will quickly be recognized as the bible for Leisure Theory.

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' It is the first book I have read that systematically integrates the study of leisure within the general historical and theoretical framework of the human sciences. As such, it should find its proper place as one of the fundamentals of the study of leisure. Every serious student or faculty member in leisure studies, tourism studies and related fields ( e.g. hospitality) will want to read this book' - Dean MacCannell, University of California, Davis, USA

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CHRIS ROJEK is Professor of Sociology and Culture at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is the author of many books the most recent of which are Celebrity, Stuart Hall, and Frank Sinatra. In 2003 he was awarded the Allen V. Sapora Award for outstanding achievement in the field of Leisure Studies.

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Book Title: Leisure Theory
Book Subtitle: Principles and Practice
Authors: Chris Rojek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505117
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-0569-7Published: 09 September 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-0570-3Published: 23 August 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50511-7Published: 09 September 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 243
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Social Theory, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Cultural Studies, Sociology, general

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