The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure

Book Overview

This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230216838
• ISBN13: 9780230216839
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"