The Discipline of Leisure

Embodying Cultures of 'Recreation'

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Travel
Cover of the book The Discipline of Leisure by , Berghahn Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780857450395
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: January 1, 2008
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780857450395
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: January 1, 2008
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Berghahn Books

Cover of the book French Foreign Policy since 1945 by
Cover of the book Redescribing Relations by
Cover of the book Peaceful Selves by
Cover of the book The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey by
Cover of the book Nazism, the Holocaust, and the Middle East by
Cover of the book Anthropology and Mass Communication by
Cover of the book How Enemies Are Made by
Cover of the book German Scholars and Ethnic Cleansing, 1919-1945 by
Cover of the book Fragmented Fatherland by
Cover of the book World War I and the Jews by
Cover of the book Deterritorialized Youth by
Cover of the book Conflict, Domination, and Violence by
Cover of the book Lobbying Hitler by
Cover of the book The Arkansas Regulators by
Cover of the book Ethnobotany in the New Europe by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy