Work and Leisure in the Middle East - The Common Ground of Two Separate Worlds

Zusammenfassung Community involvement and leisure are rarely mentioned in mass media coverage of the Middle East and North Africa Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1Introduction 2The Serious Leisure Perspective 3Islam and the Serious Pursuits in the MENA: A History 4Contemporary Arab/Iranian Leisure, Work, and Community Involvement 5Leisure, Work, and Cultural Development 6Serious Pursuits of the Brutal Kind 7Implications for the Arab/Iranian MENA 8Into the Future References Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Stebbins, Robert Alan Stebbins, Stebbins Robert a, Stebbins Robert A.
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9781412849470
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-4947-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Middle East, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General