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- Explores uniquely contemporary time-use practices impacted by commercialization, media use, and sociability
- Focuses on Israel, with its well-documented combination of Western values of individualism, capitalism, and a traditional heritage of more collectivist, communal orientations
- Sheds light on our understanding of how culture is used to direct actions and shape conceptions related to free time and the self
Part of the book series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era (LSGE)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
While abundant research has investigated time use, much less attention has been given to the cultural meanings attached to free time and what these may express with regard to conceptions of freedom and the self. In an attempt to fill this gap, Michelle Shir-Wise examines not only what people do in their free time, but also how they perceive, interpret and experience it, and in what way it relates to notions of happiness, freedom and the ideal self. Time, Freedom and the Self draws on contemporary theoretical debates concerning the relation between discourse, cultural repertoires, subjective meaning and agency, as well as literature around the sociology of leisure, to inform a unique interpretation of free time (“disciplined freedom”), developed in the light of questionnaires and in-depth interviews with middle-class, middle-aged participants in suburban Israel.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Independent Researcher, Ramat Gan, Israel
Michelle Shir-Wise
About the author
Michelle Shir-Wise (PhD, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) is an independent researcher exploring time use, the self, popular culture, freedom, class, gender, youth and ageism, particularly as they relate to middle-class suburban culture in Israel.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Time, Freedom and the Self
Book Subtitle: The Cultural Construction of “Free” Time
Authors: Michelle Shir-Wise
Series Title: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13841-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13840-0Published: 26 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13841-7Published: 10 April 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-3173
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3181
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 371
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sociology of Work, Self and Identity, Sociology of Culture, Cultural Studies