Leisure Life: Myth, Modernity and Masculinity

by Tony Blackshaw

Book Overview

Leisure Life is a ground-breaking study of men and masculinity. Focusing on the social networks and leisure lifestyles of a particular group of working-class men - 'the lads' - Tony Blackshaw argues that traditional social collectivities such as class are being superseded. Instead, leisure life is now the central arena in which individuals assert their identities and confirm their belonging. For 'the lads', leisure time is the pivotal point in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415270731
• ISBN13: 9780415270731
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"