The discipline of leisure : embodying cultures of 'recreation' /: embodying cultures of 'recreation'. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Simon Coleman and Tamara Kohn.
• Other Names: Coleman, Simon, 1963-; Kohn, Tamara
• Contents: Chapter 1. The Discipline of Leisure: Taking Play Seriously; Simon Coleman and Tamara Kohn PART I: SURVEYING THE SELF Chapter 2. Bob, Hospital Bodybuilder: The Integrity of the Body, the Transitiveness of 'Work' and 'Leisure'; Nigel Rapport Chapter 3. Of Metaphors and Muscles: Protestant 'Play' in the Disciplining of the Self; Simon Coleman PART II: TEMPORALITIES OF LEISURE Chapter 4. An Adventure Tourist Experience; Maurice J. Kane and Hazel Tucker Chapter 5. Reframing Place, Time and Experience: Leisure and Illusion in Mallorca; Jacqueline Waldren PART III: ENACTING NATIONALITY Chapter 6. Animal and Human Bodies in the Landscapes of English Foxhunting; Garry Marvin Chapter 7. Playing Like Canadians: Improvising Nation and Identity through Sport; Noel Dyck Chapter 8. A Relaxed State of Affairs?: On Leisure, Tourism, and Cuban Identity; Thomas F. Carter PART IV: TRANSCENDING THE NATION Chapter 9. Staged Discipline as Leisure: Notes on Colonial Sociability in Cairo; Petra Kuppinger Chapter 10. Bowing onto the Mat: Discourses of Change through Martial Arts Practice; Tamara Kohn Notes on Contributors; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (202 pages)
• Subjects: 306.4/812; Leisure -- Social aspects; Recreation -- Social aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; Leisure -- Social aspects; Recreation -- Social aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857450395; 0857450395
• Related ISBNs: 9781845453725
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.