Leisure Theory: Principles and Practice

by Chris Rojek

Book Overview

Leisure practices in the modern Western world exist in the context of mass education, mass communication and mass tourism. In this clear and energetic text, Chris Rojek advocates the theorizing of leisure (taking into account the relationship between individuals, leisure behavior and citizenship) and outlines an approach to the analysis of leisure activity which seeks to consolidate motivation, location and context. Definitions of key concepts and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140390569X
• ISBN13: 9781403905697
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"