The Discipline of Leisure: Embodying Cultures of 'Recreation'

by Simon Coleman and Tamara Kohn

Book Overview

The burgeoning social scientific study of tourism has emphasized the effects of the post-industrial economy on travel and place. However, this volume takes some of these issues into a different area of leisure: the spare-time carved out by people as part of their everyday lives - time that is much more intimately juxtaposed with the pressures and influences of work life, and which often involves specific bodily practices associated with hobbies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845457781
• ISBN13: 9781845457785
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"