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
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