Re-Imagining Leisure Studies
About this ebook
Both trivial and serious in its implications, it is precisely this paradox that makes leisure such a fascinating subject of study. Re-Imagining Leisure Studies presents a new and radical set of methodological rules for studying leisure trends and cultures in contemporary society. It discusses the critical issues that underpin recent developments in leisure theory and explores the key themes of social class, community, politics, freedom and globalization.
Marking a turning point in the reception and understanding of Leisure Studies, this book is vital reading for all students and scholars with a social scientific interest in leisure.
About the author
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)
