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Titolo: |
Entertainment, leisure and identities [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roger Spalding and Alyson Brown
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Pubblicazione: | Newcastle, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007 |
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 | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
SpaldingRoger
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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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-282-19100-4 |
9786612191008 | |
1-4438-0724-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910456795503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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