Testing the Margins of Leisure (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781013295102)

This volume offers eight studies on different historical and present-day aspects of leisure in Asia. It critically engages with the predominant Eurocentric focus of leisure studies, bringing into the discussion a number of crucial issues such as the role of leisure as a transcultural contact zone. The volume engages with a field that has been rapidly growing due to the heightened role of leisure activities in defining a person's identity, the fading of the work/leisure divide in the post-industrial age, and the increasing economic importance of leisure pursuits such as tourism. Bringing Asia into the discussion contributes in resetting the study of leisure into a truly global context. Abstract in other languages

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Author: Robert P. Weller, Eugenio Menegon, Catherine V. Yeh
ISBN-10: 1013295102
ISBN-13: 9781013295102
Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2020
Pages: 318
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.67d