Product Description

Leisure practices in the modern Western world exist in the context of mass education, mass communication and mass tourism. In this clear and energetic text, Chris Rojek advocates the theorizing of leisure (taking into account the relationship between individuals, leisure behavior and citizenship) and outlines an approach to the analysis of leisure activity which seeks to consolidate motivation, location and context. Definitions of key concepts and chapter summaries clearly sign-post content for the benefit of readers new to the study of how we relax and enjoy life

Review

"It is the first book I have read that systematically integrates the study of leisure within the general historical and theoretical framework of the human sciences. As such, it should find its proper place as one of the fundamentals of the study of leisure. Every serious student or faculty member in leisure studies, tourism studies and related fields...will want to read this book"--Dean MacCannell, University of California, Davis

About the Author

Chris Rojek is Professor of Sociology and Culture and Deputy Director of the Theory, Culture & Society centre at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is the author of many books on leisure and popular culture including Capitalism and Leisure Theory, Ways of Escape: Modern Transformations of Leisure and Travel, Leisure and Culture and Celebrity.