Leisure Theory: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Rojek, C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 140390569X ISBN 13: 9781403905697

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

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Offering readers the most complete and authoritative critical introduction to Leisure Theory and written by one of the major figures in the field, the book provides an exciting and reliable guide to leisure forms, leisure practice and the representation of leisure. It demonstrates how power relations influence leisure choices and introduces students to the primary functions and regulative mechanisms of leisure, providing a thought provoking account of the central problems confronting students of leisure today. Written with the needs of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in mind, the book will quickly be recognized as the bible for Leisure Theory.

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CHRIS ROJEK is Professor of Sociology and Culture at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is the author of many books the most recent of which are Celebrity, Stuart Hall, and Frank Sinatra. In 2003 he was awarded the Allen V. Sapora Award for outstanding achievement in the field of Leisure Studies.

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• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 140390569X
• ISBN 13: 9781403905697
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 251
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