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Leisure Theory : Principles and Practice /

Offering readers the most complete and authoritative critical introduction to Leisure Theory and written by one of the major figures in the field, the book provides an exciting and reliable guide to leisure forms, leisure practice and the representation of leisure. It demonstrates how power relation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rojek, Chris (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Social Theory.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sociology, general.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Equality.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Sociology.
Sports > Sociological aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Offering readers the most complete and authoritative critical introduction to Leisure Theory and written by one of the major figures in the field, the book provides an exciting and reliable guide to leisure forms, leisure practice and the representation of leisure. It demonstrates how power relations influence leisure choices and introduces students to the primary functions and regulative mechanisms of leisure, providing a thought provoking account of the central problems confronting students of leisure today. Written with the needs of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in mind, the book will quickly be recognized as the bible for Leisure Theory.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 243 pages)
ISBN:9780230505117
DOI:10.1057/9780230505117