Time, Freedom and the Self The Cultural Construction of "Free" Time /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Shir-Wise, Michelle (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
• Θέματα: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Industrial sociology.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Culture.; Cultural studies.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Sociology of Work.; Self and Identity.; Sociology of Culture.; Cultural Studies.

While abundant research has investigated time use, much less attention has been given to the cultural meanings attached to free time and what these may express with regard to conceptions of freedom and the self. In an attempt to fill this gap, Michelle Shir-Wise examines not only what people do in t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Free Time, Culture and the Self
• 3. What is Topaz?
• 4. Conceptual Mapping: What is free time?
• 5. Free Time in Practice
• 6. The Productive Self
• 7. The Consuming Self
• 8. The Social Self
• 9. The Meaningful Self
• 10. Contradictory Free Time, Culture and Freedom.