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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828759103321

Autore

Blackshaw Tony <1960->

Titolo

Leisure life : myth, masculinity and modernity / / Tony Blackshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-48912-9

1-134-48913-7

1-280-14201-4

0-203-98680-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

305.31/09428/19

Soggetti

Men - England - Leeds - Social conditions

Men - England - Leeds - Social life and customs

Working class - England - Leeds - Social life and customs

Leisure - Social aspects - England - Leeds

Masculinity - England - Leeds

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 (p. [168]-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Deliberation; 3 Initiation; 4 Administration; 5 Communion; 6 Mythologisation; 7 Felicitation; 8 Emancipation; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Leisure Life awakens the sociological imagination. It offers a new approach to the study of masculinity and the ethnography of leisure, making it appropriate for courses in sociology, leisure, cultural and gender studies.