Leisure and the Family Life Cycle

Leisure and the Family Life Cycle
Author: Rhona Rapoport
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2019-04-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429638795

This volume, first published in 1975 with a new introduction by Ziona Strelitz, marked a pioneering contribution to family and leisure studies. The study includes empirical material collected in the form of biographical case studies. The case studies are not only rich in detail and well presented, but they provide a meaning of leisure within the pattern of life of the individuals studied. This book will be of great interest to students of leisure and family studies.

Sociology of Leisure

Sociology of Leisure
Author: C. Critcher
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1995
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780419194200

The sociology of leisure is an important part of most leisure and recreation management degree and leisure studies BTEC courses. This book is designed to provide essential material in an accessible form for students. It draws together 24 classic readings which provide comprehensive coverage of key conceptual debates in the sociology of leisure.

The family life cycle in European societies

The family life cycle in European societies
Author: Jean Cuisenier
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2019-07-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3110802384

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Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies

Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies
Author: Tony Blackshaw
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 633
Release: 2020-07-26
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1000113094

This landmark publication brings together some of the most perceptive commentators of the present moment to explore core ideas and cutting edge developments in the field of Leisure Studies. It offers important new insights into the dynamics of the transformation of leisure in contemporary societies, tracing the emergent issues at stake in the discipline and examining Leisure Studies’ fundamental connections with cognate disciplines such as Sociology, Cultural Studies, History, Sport Studies and Tourism. This book contains original work from key scholars across the globe, including those working outside the Leisure Studies mainstream. It showcases the state of the art of contemporary Leisure Studies, covering key topics and key thinkers from the psychology of leisure to leisure policy, from Bourdieu to Baudrillard, and suggests that leisure in the 21st century should be understood as centring on a new ‘Big Seven’ (holidays, drink, drugs, sex, gambling, TV and shopping). No other book has gone as far in redefining the identity of the discipline of Leisure Studies, or in suggesting how the substantive ideas of Leisure Studies need to be rethought. The Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies should therefore be the intellectual guide of first choice for all scholars, academics, researchers and students working in this subject area.

A Literature Review

A Literature Review
Author: President's Commission on Americans Outdoors (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 524
Release: 1986
Genre: Conservation of natural resources
ISBN:

A Handbook of Leisure Studies

A Handbook of Leisure Studies
Author: C. Rojek
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2006-06-20
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0230625185

A unique, international resource for Leisure Studies: in one volume the history, organization and central debates in the field of Leisure Studies are defined, providing a one-stop-shop for students and an agenda for future debate and research academics.

The Life Course

The Life Course
Author: Stephen J. Hunt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2017-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113752197X

Dramatic social transformation in Western society over recent decades has had a profound impact on the way the life course is studied. While people continue to experience the implications of class, gender, ethnicity and, of course, age, they are more than ever able to take personal control of their own lives. The Life Course considers how, in a diverse and uncertain world, the previously predictable stages of life are no longer fixed but increasingly open to change. Focusing on continuities and change, this book looks not only at the different 'phases of life', but also at the transformation of a number of closely related social institutions such as the family, education and the workplace. Recognising that the established cradle-to-grave view is now outdated, the trajectory from infancy and youth to later and end-of-life is followed not as a stable object of study, but as a starting point for critical analysis. This second edition offers an essential overview of the sociology of the life course, incorporating both contemporary and conventional perspectives. It calls upon current theorising around the life course as well as on up-to-date empirical research data. This thought-provoking text is relevant to researchers and students of life course studies and sociology, as well as to those in nursing, social work and related caring professions.

Land and Leisure

Land and Leisure
Author: Carlton S. Van Doren
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2019-04-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429649444

First published in 1974. Leisure has come to be a vital force in our lives, a part of self-discovery, essential for our well-being. With increased amounts of leisure time, there has been rapid growth in the demand for diverse recreational facilities and their subsequent overuse. With this in mind, it is clear why the planning, managing and administration of recreational resources, particularly in urban areas, is of personal interest to everyone. Land and Leisure introduces the student to all aspects of recreational land use - spatial, economic, behavioural and physical. This second edition is designed to demonstrate some of the basic up-to-date ideas and issues of the last decade and a half that have been influential in shaping decisions, and is concerned both with urban recreation and the uses of resources within metropolitan areas and with the role of the private sector in providing facilities. The book is divided into five parts with discussions ranging over topics such as the individual's recreational needs, recreational land-use evaluation, regional planning and the problems of decision-making and the provision of recreational resources. Its interdisciplinary approach will enable students to understand the problems, concepts, methods and approaches helpful in furthering and integrating their knowledge of recreational resources.

Leisure Identities and Interactions

Leisure Identities and Interactions
Author: John R. Kelly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2019-04-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 042965510X

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. In Leisure Identities and Interactions the author analyses leisure in the context of role changes through the life course, but also as a social context in which we work out the identities that express who we really want to be. His focus is on the kinds of leisure that are both most common and most significant face-to-face encounters, family interaction, and episodes found in the midst of our roles and routines. Varieties of leisure styles are found to be developed out of available opportunities and in relation to cultural values, but also are chosen to express and negotiate our self-definitions. Leisure is both social and existential and can best be understood in the dialectic of role expectations and decision. Kelly utilizes symbolic interaction, interpretive, and dramaturgical metaphors to develop a different sociology of leisure one that brings together the concepts of role and identity. Expressive identities and intimate communities are as essential to leisure as they are to life.