Decentring Leisure - 9780803988132

Name: Decentring Leisure
Brand: BERTRAMS PRINT ON DEMAND
Price: 26.60 EUR
Author: Chris Rojek
ISBN: 9780803988132

Un libro in lingua di Rojek Chris edito da BERTRAMS PRINT ON DEMAND, 1995

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Decentring Leisure libro in lingua di Chris Rojek

This book explores the meaning of leisure in the context of key social formations of our time. Chris Rojek brings together the insights of Marxism, feminism, Weber, Elias, Simmel, Nietzsche and Baudrillard to produce a survey - and rethinking - of leisure theory. At the same time he presents a radical critique of the traditional `centring' of leisure, on `escape', `freedom' and `choice'.

He describes the relations between capitalism and leisure, the meaning of free time for workers in a capitalist system, and the gendered nature of leisure. He then discusses the social construction of leisure under modernity and the main competing arguments. Finally he examines postmodernity. Revealing how leisure practices have responded t

Informazioni bibliografiche

Titolo del Libro in lingua: Decentring Leisure
Autore: Rojek Chris
Editore: BERTRAMS PRINT ON DEMAND
Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Marzo '95
Genere: Lingua Inglese
ISBN-10: 0803988133
EAN-13: 9780803988132