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Understanding leisure in a complex world: promoting a critical leisure studies

Annals of Leisure Research, 2014
The 11th biennial conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure studies (ANZALS) took place on 4–6 December 2013 at Monash University, Frankston, Australia.
Jeanes, R., Magee, J., Spaaij, R.
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A Handbook of Leisure Studies

2006
Notes on Contributors Introduction: Process and Context C.Rojek, S.M.Shaw & A.J.Veal PART I: ORIGINS Leisure, Culture and Civilization C.Rojek Anthropology/Pre-History of Leisure G.Chick The History of Western Leisure B.K.Hunnicutt Non-Western Traditions: Leisure in India K.Bhattacharya PART II: KEY DISCIPLINES Sociology and Cultural Studies H.van der ...
Anthony James Veal, Susan M. Shaw, Chris Rojek   +2 more
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The Future of Leisure Studies

Journal of Leisure Research, 2000
The creation of knowledge within universities suffers from both over specialization and parallel lines of inquiry and information dissemination, which never touch. Not only do the two intellectual cultures of science and the liberal arts rarely touch, but legions of researchers work in isolation, studying issues within their own narrow paradigms and ...
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Leisure studies as a calling

World Leisure Journal, 2018
Leisure studies continues to consume the adult life of this reflective article's author. Celebrating the value of leisure and working in this area of study is an imperative that the world needs.
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The interrelationship of leisure and play: play as leisure, leisure as play. Leisure studies in a global era

Annals of Leisure Research, 2016
Stebbins’ new book, The Interrelationship of Leisure and Play: Play as Leisure, Leisure as Play (2015) provides timely insight to further the scholarship of leisure, the serious leisure perspective...
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Vulnerable Teaching in Leisure Studies

SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2020
In this paper, I argue that educators who embrace vulnerability in their teaching enhance their capacity to promote social justice.
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Women's Leisure, Men's Leisure: A Study in Subordination and Exploitation

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 1989
In this paper findings from an Australian rural community study are presented which show that men dominate local recreational resources and activities and often deliberately exclude women from them. Notwithstanding this treatment women are expected to use their domestic skills to facilitate men's leisure and to be present to cheer men on in their ...
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Auto-ethnography in leisure studies

Leisure Studies, 2012
In this paper we explore auto-ethnography, one recent genre of qualitative inquiry that we believe is particularly well-suited for the field of leisure studies. We begin by defining auto-ethnography and describing its key features. We then examine its use in leisure research to date, based on an analysis of auto-ethnographical studies of leisure ...
Mathew L. Austin, Leon Anderson
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Sociological contributions to the study of leisure

Leisure Studies, 1983
Until comparatively recently leisure has been treated by social investigators as a ‘problem’. But a number of traditions and specialisms within sociology have contributed to our understanding of leisure. Over the last 50 years community studies have been concerned with issues that continue to be debated today: class and sex inequalities, work and ...
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Perspectives of Public Health and Leisure Studies on Determinants of Physically Active Leisure

Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2007
Public health has historically been concerned with eliminating factors associated with disease, disability, and early mortality, whereas leisure studies has emerged from the need to create and manage recreational opportunities and promote leisure activities and experiences. Coincidently, both fields have progressed toward an appreciation of the role of
Ainsworth, Barbara E., Mannell, Roger C., Behrens, Timothy K., Caldwell, Linda L.   +3 more
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