| Description |
xvi, 207 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Leisure Is Good for Society and the Individual Functionalist Theories -- Structure and Agency in Access to Leisure Marxist and Neo-Marxist Theories -- The Self and Freedom and Constraint in Leisure Interactionist Theories -- Hegemonic Struggles in Leisure Spaces Cultural Studies -- Leisure and Masculinities -- Embodiment,Emotions and Leisure -- Public Leisure Places and Spaces Urban Sociology -- Personal Leisure Spaces Poststructuralist Theories -- The View from the 'Other', from Margin to Centre Postcolonial Theory -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This text provides the first comprehensive and critical introduction to leisure theory from a feminist perspective, offering many new insights into how leisure theory has handled the question of gender difference and inequality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Leisure -- Philosophy.
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Leisure.
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Women -- Recreation -- Social aspects.
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Women -- Recreation.
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| LC no. |
98061180 |
| ISBN |
0803975368 |
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0803975376 |
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9780803975361 |
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9780803975378 |
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