K. Spracklen

Leisure, Sports & Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The way we organise our free time can reveal a great deal about our identities and ideology. This book explores what our sports and leisure choices can tell us about the society in which we live. Comprehensive, cutting edge and packed with global examples it covers all the essentials for students of sports and leisure sociology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education UK / Red Globe Press / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-36202-4
• 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 17mm x 156mm x 236mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780230362024
• Artikelnr.: 37438200

Autorenporträt

Karl Spracklen is a Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What is Sociology of Leisure?.- PART I: UNDERSTANDING LEISURE 1. A History and Philosophy of Leisure.- 2. Leisure and Modernity.- 3. Leisure and Work.- 4. Leisure as Function.- PART II: LEISURE SOCIOLOGIES 5. Leisure and Structure.- 6. Leisure and Inequality.- 7. Leisure and Identity.- 8. Leisure and Community.- 9. Leisure Subcultures.- PART III: LEISURE TRENDS 10. Leisure and Globalization.- 11. Leisure and Commodification.- 12. Leisure and Postmodernity.- 13. Postmodern Leisure.- 14. Liquid Leisure and Intentionality.- 15. Leisure and Resistance.- 16. Dark Leisure.- 17. The Future of Leisure.- PART IV: THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF LEISURE 18. The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure.