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The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time

By Chris Rojek

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Year
2009
ISBN
1412945526, 978-1-4129-4552-3, 978-1-4129-4553-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
45 MB (47238669 bytes)
Pages
216\217
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00

Description

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

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