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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493692003321

Titolo

The discipline of leisure [[electronic resource] ] : embodying cultures of 'recreation' / / edited by Simon Coleman and Tamara Kohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2007

ISBN

1-282-62687-6

9786612626876

0-85745-039-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Social identities

Altri autori (Persone)

ColemanSimon <1963->

KohnTamara

Disciplina

306.4812

Soggetti

Leisure - Social aspects

Recreation - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page-The Discipline of Leisure; Contents; Chapter 1-The Discipline of Leisure; Part I-Surveying the Self; Chapter 2-Bob, Hospital Bodybuilder; Chapter 3-Of Metaphors and Muscles; Part II-Temporalities of Leisure; Chapter 4-An Adventure Tourist Experience; Chapter 5-Reframing Place, Time and Experience; Part III-Enacting Nationality; Chapter 6-Animal and Human Bodies in the Landscapes of English Foxhunting; Chapter 7-Playing Like Canadians; Chapter 8-A Relaxed State of Affairs?; PArt IV-Transcending the Nation; Chapter 9-Staged Discipline as Leisure; Chapter 10-Bowing onto the Mat

Notes on ContributorsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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 and sports. An important focus of the book is the body as a site of identity formation, experience, and



disciplined recreation of the self. Contributor