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The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time
Contributor(s): Rojek, Chris (Author)

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 ISBN: 1412945526     ISBN-13: 9781412945523
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE: $187.15  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 306.481
LCCN: 2009922163
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" L (1.05 lbs) 216 pages
Features: Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 87
 
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In his compelling new book, Chris Rojek turns this shibboleth on its head to demonstrate how leisure has become a form of labor. Ranging widely from an analysis of the inflated aspirations of the leisure society thesis to the culture of deception that permeates leisure choice, the author shows how leisure is inextricably linked to emotional labor and intelligence. It is now a school for life. In challenging the orthodox understandings of freedom and free time, The Labour of Leisure sets out an indispensable new approach to the meaning of leisure.

Contributor Bio(s): Rojek, Chris: - Chris Rojek is Professor of Sociology and Culture at Brunel University, West London. He is a prolific and influential author in the field of Celebrity, Leisure Studies and Popular Culture. In 2003 he was awarded the Allen V. Sapora prize for outstanding achievement in the field of Leisure and Tourism Studies. Besides lecturing in the UK he has given lectures on leisure in Australia, Canada, the USA and the Netherlands. In 2009 he was Hood Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He also writes on celebrity culture, neat capitalism and myths and realities of national identity. His current research is on popular music and popular culture and the meaning of the celetoid in Reality TV.
 
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