Serious leisure : a perspective for our time
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Serious leisure : a perspective for our time
Routledge, 2017, c2015
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Note
"First published 2007 by Transaction Publishers. Published 2017 by Routledge ... First issued in hardback 2017"--T.p. verso
"New material this edition copyright c2015"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-147) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Robert A. Stebbins divides such activity into categories of serious (skilled), casual (unskilled), and project-based (short-term) leisure that he further separates into a variety of types and subtypes. Together they comprise what he calls the "serious leisure perspective." Stebbins sets out the basic concepts that make up the three leisure forms, focusing on their essential elements.
Stebbins sees "serious leisure" realized by way of a set of foundational concepts organization, community, history, lifestyle, and culture. He reviews the history and background of the concept of serious leisure and follows up with historical commentary. Finally, he examines the future and the importance of the serious leisure perspective in a globalizing world, and some of its critical links with other fields of knowledge and practice, notably the nonprofit sector and preventive medicine.
Serious Leisure is a coherent and comprehensive resource setting out the main parameters of what is now widely recognized as an interdisciplinary research area. It will be of interest to sociologists, labor studies specialists, and economists.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Serious Leisure Perspective
2. Recent Research on Serious Leisure
3. Casual and Project-Based Leisure: The Basics
4. Synthesizing the Forms
5. Extending the Perspective
6. History of the Perspective
7. Importance of the Perspective
References
Index
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