Women, leisure and the family in contemporary society : a multinational perspective

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Women, leisure and the family in contemporary society : a multinational perspective

edited by Nicole Samuel

CAB International, c1996

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This work attempts to highlight new trends in research on women's leisure. Comparisons are drawn between countries at different stages of socio-economic development. These demonstrate both similarities and differences. The work suggests that in a situation where women's leisure is still constrained by traditional ideologies and gender relations, there is some evidence that leisure can have liberating effects, giving women an opportunity to find empowerment and autonomy. The book has been developed from a multinational study involving 15 diverse countriers and set up within the framework of the Research Commission of the World Leisure and Recreation Association. A wide range of socio-cultural experiences are reported in chapters on Australia, Canada, Columbia, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Spain, USA and UK.

Table of Contents

  • The ambiguity of Australian women's family leisure - some figures and refiguring, V. Wearing and S. Fullagar
  • women's leisure and the family in Canada, M.A. Harrington
  • women, leisure and the family in France - a case of liberte and egalite?, N. Le Feuvre
  • women, leisure and the family in contemporary Japan, Y. Watarai
  • leisure and her own time - Italian woman's long march, M.C. Belloni
  • Spanish women - between family and autonomous leisure, M.L. Setien
  • women's leisure and the family in contemporary Britain, T. Kay
  • women, leisure and the family in the USA - a critical review, M.D. Bialeschki et al
  • the leisure of Columbian women in the city of Medellin - impact of the home and family environment, T. Bolano
  • the Moroccan woman - the dynamics of sociocultural time of her own, H. Lalaa
  • women's leisure and the family in Greece - between tradition and modernity, A. Koroneou
  • time allocation and leisure preferences of women in Israel, Y. Netz
  • women, leisure and family in contemporary Malaysian society, Z. Ishak and Z. Wati Abas
  • women and lesiure in Hong Kong - an Eastern-Western synthesis, A. Sivan and R.W. Robertson
  • conclusion, N. Samuel.

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