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PublisherBenjamin-Cummings Publishing Company

ISBN-100205273602

ISBN-139780205273607

eBay Product ID (ePID)726346

Product Key Features

Book Title21st Century Leisure : Current Issues

Number of Pages298 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAging, General

Publication Year1999

GenreSocial Science, Self-Help

AuthorValeria J. Freysinger, John R. Kelly

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.1 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN99-036609

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal306.4/812/0973

Table Of Content1.21st Century Leisure: An Introduction. 2.Leisure, Play, and Recreation. Historical Perspectives. 3.The Classics. 4.Work and the Industrial City. 5.The Consumer Society.Contexts of Leisure. 6.Leisure Styles and Lifestyles. 7.Experiences of Leisure. 8.Society and Leisure. 9.Leisure and the Life Course I: Children and Youth.10.Leisure and the Life Course II: Adults and the Aging.11.The Economics of Leisure.12.Politics and Policy.13.Gender: Girls and Boys, Women and Men.14.Sexuality.15.Ethnicity, Race, and Social Class.Forms of Leisure. 16.Popular Culture and Mass Media.17.The Other Side of Leisure.18.Sport.19.The Arts.20.Outdoor Recreation.21.Recreation Opportunity in the Community.22.Travel and Tourism.23.The Market Sector.24.The Future.Index.

SynopsisThis text is the first to identify current issues in the study of leisure that are raised by the profound changes and conflicts in American and world societies entering the 21st century. Each chapter includes two sides of at least one critical debate designed to engage students in analysis and discussion. The text focuses on personal and social questions and meanings rather than dry summaries. It encourages students to become involved in these issues in and outside the classroom. The underlying theme is that leisure is a realm of conflict: there is the complex composition of society with contested opportunities and interests related to gender, class, race, and ethnicity. There are political and economic issues of the allocation of resources, environmental conflict, new work roles, and differential power. There are personal issues: leisure as challenge and consumption, development, and entertainment. There is the "other side" of leisure with everything for sale. There are the diverse symbolic meanings of leisure in a market culture. Major forms of leisure are explored including tourism, sport, mass media, the arts, and outdoor recreation. This text offers an exciting introduction to leisure in the new millennium.

LC Classification NumberGV14.45.K447 1999