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Entertainment, leisure and identities / / edited by Roger Spalding and Alyson Brown



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Titolo: Entertainment, leisure and identities / / edited by Roger Spalding and Alyson Brown Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newcastle, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007
Newcastle, U.K. : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (149 p.)
Disciplina: 306.4/812
Soggetto topico: Leisure - Great Britain - History
Leisure - Social aspects - Great Britain
Amusements - Great Britain - History
Amusements - Social aspects - Great Britain
Altri autori: SpaldingRoger  
BrownAlyson  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONTRIBUTORS
Sommario/riassunto: This wide-ranging collection of essays seeks to challenge the 'common-sense' assumption that entertainment activities have no function but to fill up otherwise empty moments. As such it builds on the term - coined by the Victorians - 'Recreation', and argues that in the entertainments people pursue they do not simply divert themselves, but actively create and re-create their identities. The collection shows this process can only take place for those who enjoy the benefits of leisure; hence, ...
Titolo autorizzato: Entertainment, leisure and identities  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-19100-4
9786612191008
1-4438-0724-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822643203321
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