Landscapes of leisure : space, place and identities /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gammon, Sean (Author), Elkington, Sam (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
Series:Leisure studies in a global era.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : Reading Landscapes: Articulating a non-essentialist Representation of Space, Place and Identity; Sam Elkington and Sean Gammon
  • 2. Unravelling Space and Landscape in Leisure's Identities; David Crouch
  • 3. Disturbance and Complexity in Urban Places: The Everyday Aesthetics of Leisure; Sam Elkington
  • 4. The Social Dynamics of Space Constructions and Leisure Lifestyles; Anna Cunha Pereira and Jonathan Long
  • 5. Zombie Places? Pop Up Leisure and Re-Animated Urban Landscapes; Brett D. Lashua
  • 6. Last Resting places? Recreational spaces? Or Thanatourism attractions? The Future of Historic Cemeteries and Churchyards in Europe; Tony Seaton, Magda North and Gabriela Gajda
  • 7. Animating Public Space; Troy D. Glover
  • 8. Sport Tourism finding its Place?; Sean Gammon
  • 9. Youth Leisure, Places, Spaces and Identity; Joan Abbott-Chapman and Margaret Robertson
  • 10. Phenomenology and Extreme Sports in Natural Landscapes; Eric Brymer and Robert Schweitzer
  • 11. Seasideness: Sense of Place at a Seaside Resort; David Jarratt
  • 12. Savouring Leisure Spaces; Jaime Kurtz and Erik Simmons
  • 13. Weaving Place Meanings into Outdoor Recreation Sustainability: The Case of the Niagara Glen; Garrett Hutson and Ryan Howard
  • 14. Distant at Your Leisure: Consuming Distance as a Leisure Experience; Gunvor Larsen
  • 15. The Lure of the Countryside: The Spiritual Dimension of Rural Spaces of Leisure; Deborah Jepson
  • 16. Performing Leisure, Making Place: Wilderness Identity and Representation in Online Trip Reports; Daniel Williams and Joseph Champ.