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

• 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
• ISBN: 1-282-19100-4; 9786612191008; 1-4438-0724-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822643203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II