Mapping Leisure Studies from Australia, Asia and Africa /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Modi, Ishwar (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kamphorst, Teus J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Positive psychology.; Popular Culture.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Positive Psychology.; Popular Culture .

This volume addresses the rich and varied thoughts, concepts, approaches and leisure practices in sixteen countries of three continents---Australia, Asia and Africa. The chapters showcase the diversity in the forms and ways in which the idea and practice of leisure have developed across space and ti...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: Mapping Leisure Studies Ishwar Modi and Teus J. Kamphorst
• PART 1: Australia 2. Australian Leisure: From Antiquity to Modernity Francis Lobo
• 3. Mapping Leisure and Life through the Ages in New Zealand Michael Toohey, Grant Cushman and Bob Gidlow
• PART 2: Asia 4 The Mapping of Leisure in Chinese Cultural Tradition Ma Huidi
• 5. Mapping Leisure and Life through the Ages in India Ishwar Modi
• 6. The Meaning and Practice of Leisure and Recreation: An Analysis of Three Indonesian Muslim Professionals Iwan Gardono Sudjatmiko, Irsyad Zamjani and Adrianus Jebatu
• 7. Mapping Leisure and Life through the Ages in Iran Gholamreza Ghaffary
• 8. Mapping Leisure and Life through the Ages of Israel Atara Sivan and Elie Cohen-Gewerc
• 9. Strategies of Leisure in Japan Scott North
• 10. Mapping Leisure and Life in Korea Erwei Dong.- 11. Mapping Leisure in the Philippines Manuel Enverga.- 12. Leisure as Distinction in the Turkish Middle Class: Nursing Babies, Collecting a Trousseau, Meeting at the Malls, or Surfing? Zerrin Arslan
• PART 3: Africa
• 13. From Precolonial, Colonial to Postcolonial: A Survey of African Leisure Veena Sharma.- 14 Evolution of Leisure Patterns in Morocco: FSpiritual Pilgrims to Contemporary Mall Wanderers Thibault Danteur.- 15. On the Possibilities of Leisure Studies in Mozambique: Historical and Sociological Considerations Patrício V. Langa.- 16. Transformation of Leisure in Nigeria Aretha Oluwakemi Asakitikpi.- 17. Leisure in Historical Perspective: The Case of South Africa - Past and Present Mokong Simon Mapadimeng.