The Discipline of Leisure Embodying Cultures of 'Recreation'

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Synopsis

The burgeoning social scientific study of tourism has emphasized the effects of the post-industrial economy on travel and place. However, this volume takes some of these issues into a different area of leisure: the spare-time carved out by people as part of their everyday lives - time that is much more intimately juxtaposed with the pressures and influences of work life, and which often involves specific bodily practices associated with hobbies and sports. An important focus of the book is the body as a site of identity formation, experience, and disciplined recreation of the self. Contributors examine the ways rituals, sports, and forms of bodily transformation mediate between contemporary ideologies of freedom, choice and self-control.

Book details

Series:
Social Identities (Book 4)
Author:
Simon Coleman, Tamara Kohn
ISBN:
9780857450395
Related ISBNs:
9781845453725, 9781845457785
Publisher:
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Pages:
210
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-05-22
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2007
Copyright by:
Simon Coleman and Tamara Kohn 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Travel