Decentring leisure [electronic resource] : rethinking leisure theory / Chris Rojek.
This book explores the meaning of leisure in the context of key social formations of our time. Chris Rojek brings together the insights of feminsim, Marxism, Weber, Elias, Simmel, Nietzsche and Baudrillard to produce a survey - and rethinking - of leisure theory. At the same time he presents a radic...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
1995.
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| Series: | Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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| Summary: | This book explores the meaning of leisure in the context of key social formations of our time. Chris Rojek brings together the insights of feminsim, Marxism, Weber, Elias, Simmel, Nietzsche and Baudrillard to produce a survey - and rethinking - of leisure theory. At the same time he presents a radical critique of the traditional c̀entring' of leisure, on èscape', f̀reedom' and c̀hoice'. He describes the relations between capitalism and leisure, the meaning of free time for workers in a capitalist system, and the gendered nature of leisure. He then discusses the social construction of leisure. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781848609655 1848609655 058535359X 9780585353593 9781446279090 144627909X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |