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Zygmunt Bauman
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95This timely book provides the definitive concise introduction to the phenomenon of Zygmunt Bauman. After introducing the man, his major influences and his special way of 'thinking sociologically', author Blackshaw traces the development of Bauman's project by identifying and explaining the major shifts of emphasis in his work ? the break with Marxism... more...
Leisure Life
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 63.95Leisure Life is a ground-breaking study of men and masculinity. Focusing on the social networks and leisure lifestyles of a particular group of working-class men - 'the lads' - Tony Blackshaw argues that traditional social collectivities such as class are being superseded. Instead, leisure life is now the central arena in which individuals assert... more...
Leisure
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 39.95No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the idea of leisure. Beginning with a discussion of expressions in classical thought, etymological definitions and key leisure studies concepts, Blackshaw suggests that the idea abounds with ambivalence, which is unlikely ever to be resolved. ... more...
Key Concepts in Community Studies
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 46.00Concise yet critical, this is a student friendly introduction to the multi-disciplinary field of community studies. more...
Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 205.00This landmark publication brings together some of the most perceptive commentators of the present moment to explore core ideas and cutting edge developments in the field of Leisure Studies. It offers important new insights into the dynamics of the transformation of leisure in contemporary societies, tracing the emergent issues at stake in the discipline... more...
New Perspectives on Sport and 'Deviance'
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 63.95The everyday makeup of contemporary sport is increasingly characterised by a perceived explosion of 'deviance' - violence, drug taking, racism, homophobia, misogyny, corruption and excess. Whereas once these behaviours may have been subject to the moral judgments of authority, in the face of dramatic socio-cultural change they become more a matter... more...
The SAGE Dictionary of Leisure Studies
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 21.00The first full length dictionary of leisure studies, offering a critical survey of this increasingly popular and interdisciplinary field and incisive overviews of the key figures whose work exercises the most powerful influence on leisure studies today. more...
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