Re-Imagining Leisure Studies

Informationen zum Autor Tony Blackshaw is a leisure scholar and researcher of international standing who teaches at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. He has published works on a broad range of themes in leisure studies which include the following: Leisure Life: Myth, Masculinity and Modernity (2003), New Perspectives on Sport and ‘Deviance’: Consumption, Performativity and Social Control (with Tim Crabbe) (2004), The Sage Dictionary of Leisure Studies (with Garry Crawford) (2009), Leisure (2010) in Routledge’s Key Ideas series and The Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies (2013) Klappentext This provocative new book argues that Leisure Studies is in a state of crisis. The twenty-first century has brought profound change to all aspects of human life and social processes, including a plurality of new leisure worlds. This book aims to re-invigorate Leisure Studies by revealing these leisure worlds and changing the way we think about leisure. Zusammenfassung This provocative new book argues that Leisure Studies is in a state of crisis. The twenty-first century has brought profound change to all aspects of human life and social processes, including a plurality of new leisure worlds. This book aims to re-invigorate Leisure Studies by revealing these leisure worlds and changing the way we think about leisure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Some Considerations of Method Part II: Recovering the Spiritual Foundations of Twenty-First Century Leisure Part III: Towards an Understanding of Devotional Leisure

Product details

• Authors: Tony Blackshaw, Blackshaw Tony
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138898844
• ISBN: 978-1-138-89884-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Critical Leisure Studies
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sport: general, Sociology: sport and leisure, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects