Leisure Lifestyles
Organizing Everyday Life for Fun and Fulfillment
Seiten
2021
Emerald Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-80117-601-9 (ISBN)
Emerald Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-80117-601-9 (ISBN)
Acknowledging that the challenge facing social science is how to inject some order into the common-sense notion of leisure lifestyles, this book, written by a major player in the field of leisure, considers how to turn the study of both serious and casual leisure into a useful concept for guiding research.
Developing the common-sense notion that leisure lifestyles have time and space dimensions, Stebbins delves into distinctive leisure lifestyles which occur around particular free-time activities such as the serious ones where participants must routinely train, practice, rehearse, gather information, and those that are casual such as bingo, lunches with colleagues, and outings of small walking groups. Demonstrating the nuances of each, and analysing how serious activities are structured along the lines of the social world in which every lifestyle is embedded, this book revolutionises the idea of leisure lifestyle, turning it into a workable concept for guiding research, while also enriching our understanding of what it means. Striving to meet the test of a critical challenge in the field, this book is a refreshing new addition to the work on leisure, from a highly-respected and established scholar.
Developing the common-sense notion that leisure lifestyles have time and space dimensions, Stebbins delves into distinctive leisure lifestyles which occur around particular free-time activities such as the serious ones where participants must routinely train, practice, rehearse, gather information, and those that are casual such as bingo, lunches with colleagues, and outings of small walking groups. Demonstrating the nuances of each, and analysing how serious activities are structured along the lines of the social world in which every lifestyle is embedded, this book revolutionises the idea of leisure lifestyle, turning it into a workable concept for guiding research, while also enriching our understanding of what it means. Striving to meet the test of a critical challenge in the field, this book is a refreshing new addition to the work on leisure, from a highly-respected and established scholar.
Robert A. Stebbins is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary, Canada. A specialist in the study of leisure, he has written over 250 articles and chapters, and has authored and edited more than 50 books.
Chapter 1. Leisure Lifestyle: Theory and Research
Chapter 2. Time, Space, and the Leisure Lifestyle
Chapter 3. Routine Shared Hedonism
Chapter 4. Casual Leisure Lifestyles
Chapter 5. Lifestyles in the Serious Pursuits
Chapter 6. Conclusions
Erscheinungsdatum | 14.05.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Emerald Points |
Verlagsort | Bingley |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 276 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie |
ISBN-10 | 1-80117-601-9 / 1801176019 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-80117-601-9 / 9781801176019 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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