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Leisure Studies: Themes and Perspectives
Contributor(s): Best, Shaun (Author)
ISBN: 1412903866     ISBN-13: 9781412903868
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $76.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Essays
Dewey: 306.481
LCCN: 2008939388
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.6" W x 9.4" (1.30 lbs) 336 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
This critical introduction to the field offers a systematic account of the meaning and structure of leisure today.

The book:
  • Situates the student in the field
  • Provides a comprehensive account of the leading approaches to leisure
  • Explores the influence of class, race, gender, ethnicity, disability, and age
  • Discusses to role of the state
  • Examines leisure in the context of changing work relationships
  • Locates leisure in the debate around globalization

Contributor Bio(s): Best, Shaun: - Shaun Best is a Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Manchester, and author of Understanding Social Divisions, (2005) and A Beginner's Guide to Social Theory (2003, both SAGE).