Overview
- Fills a gap in the social science literature on experiences of fun
- Explores how fun is vital in mediating social affiliation across cultures
- Presents fun as distinct from well-being and happiness due to the temporal impermanence of the phenomenal experience
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
hat is fun? How is it distinct from happiness or pleasure? How do we know when we are having it? This book is the first to provide a comprehensive sociological account of this taken for granted social phenomenon. Fincham investigates areas such as our memories of fun in childhood, the fun we have as adults, our muted experiences of fun at work and our lived experiences of having fun. Using first-hand accounts and a new approach to interpreting fun, the paradox of fun as not serious or unimportant whilst at the same time essential for a happy life is exposed. Addressing questions of control, transgression and the primacy of social relationships in fun, The Sociology of Fun is intended to provoke discussion about how we want to have fun and who determines the fun we have.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ben Fincham is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. He has previously published in areas of mental health, work and suicide.Â
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Sociology of Fun
Authors: Ben Fincham
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-31579-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-35857-7Published: 07 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-59530-3Published: 21 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31579-3Published: 30 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 213