Leisure and Feminist Theory.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wearing, Betsy M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Sage Publications, 1998.
Subjects:
Women > Recreation > Social aspects.
Leisure.
Feminist theory.
leisure.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; 1
  • Leisure is Good for Society and the Individual: Functionalist Theories; 2
  • Structure and Agency in Access to Leisure: Marxist and Neo-Marxist Theories; 3
  • The Self and Freedom and Constraint in Leisure: Interactionist Theories; 4
  • Hegemonic Struggles in Leisure Spaces: Cultural Studies; 5
  • Leisure and Masculinities; 6
  • Embodiment, Emotions and Leisure; 7
  • Public Leisure Places and Spaces: Urban Sociology; 8
  • Personal Leisure Spaces: Poststructuralist Theories; 9
  • The View from the 'Other', from Margin to Centre: Postcolonial Theory; Conclusion.
  • BibliographyIndex.

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