Leisure, Sports & Society

by Karl Spracklen

Overview

The way we organise our free time can reveal a great deal about our identities and ideology. This book explores what our sports and leisure choices can tell us about the society in which we live. Comprehensive, cutting edge and packed with global examples it covers all the essentials for students of sports and leisure sociology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230362017
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/10/2013
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Karl Spracklen is a Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
Karl Spracklen is a Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Sociology of Leisure?
PART I: UNDERSTANDING LEISURE
1. A History and Philosophy of Leisure
2. Leisure and Modernity
3. Leisure and Work
4. Leisure as Function
PART II: LEISURE SOCIOLOGIES
5. Leisure and Structure
6. Leisure and Inequality
7. Leisure and Identity
8. Leisure and Community
9. Leisure Subcultures
PART III: LEISURE TRENDS
10. Leisure and Globalization
11. Leisure and Commodification
12. Leisure and Postmodernity
13. Postmodern Leisure
14. Liquid Leisure and Intentionality
15. Leisure and Resistance
16. Dark Leisure
17. The Future of Leisure
PART IV: THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF LEISURE
18. The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

For an undergraduate seeking to come to terms with this academic area, reaching to the shelf for this text will prove very comforting and especially useful... Spracklen offers a cogent, contemporary and clearly laid-out piece of writing' - Russell Holden, Leisure Studies

Editorial Reviews

Overall, this book is innovative and will fill a niche in the literature. The perspective taken is quite unique and draws on ideas and theories not typically included in other texts focused on leisure and society. The description and discussion of these ideas is lucid and engaging, and makes several difficult ideas accessible to an undergraduate audience.- Bryan Smale, Professor of Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo

From the Publisher