Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Leisure and Feminist Theory.
Wide-ranging and challenging, this book offers a host of new insights into how leisure theory has handled the question of gender difference and inequality. Providing a critical introduction to the leading positions in leisure theory, Betsy Wearing guides the reader through their strengths and weakne...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Sage Publications,
1998.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Wide-ranging and challenging, this book offers a host of new insights into how leisure theory has handled the question of gender difference and inequality. Providing a critical introduction to the leading positions in leisure theory, Betsy Wearing guides the reader through their strengths and weaknesses from a feminist perspective. This book draws attention to the various leisure experiences that women encounter and construct in their everyday lives and the meanings that these experiences have for them. Her perspective takes into account such poststructuralist ideas as multiple subjectivities. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857026002 0857026003 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |