Leisure Identities and Interactions

First published in 1983. Leisure has too often been approached as a set of activities that people do when everything important has been completed. This text provides a different analysis demonstrating the centrality of leisure to human development and to important relationships.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Meanings of Leisure: An Introduction; Part One: Styles of Leisure: Variety and Meaning; 2. Variations in Leisure Styles 3. Life Course Changes 4. Personal and Social Identities; Part Two: Social Contexts of Leisure; 5. Leisure and the Family 6. Face-to-Face Interaction 7. Leisure Planning and Provision 8. Leisure Interaction and the Social Dialectic; Index

About the author

John R. Kelly

Summary

First published in 1983. Leisure has too often been approached as a set of activities that people do when everything important has been completed. This text provides a different analysis demonstrating the centrality of leisure to human development and to important relationships.

Product details

• Authors: John R Kelly, John R. Kelly, Kelly John R.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780367133184
• ISBN: 978-0-367-13318-4
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Sociology: sport & leisure, Social issues & processes, Sociology: sport and leisure, Social and ethical issues