Children, Families and Leisure

ISBN-13: 9781138643857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 262 str.

Heike Schaenzel;Neil Carr;¬Abar

Opis

This book aims to further academic debate within the leisure and tourism studies community about the role of families in contemporary life and the experiences of families and their children in the leisure environment. It is based on the recognition of the diverse nature of the family in the contemporary era and the position of children in families and society in general as active and knowing social agents rather than as passive objects. The family is on the one hand our first community with its own special kind of human attachment and on the other a little world on which the larger society is modelled. Families form the closest and most important emotional bond in humans. This relationship is what drives humanity and society, and positions families at the centre of leisure activities. This international and multi-disciplinary compilation of recent research into children and families examines progress made and challenges ahead for leisure studies. It extends the academic discourse to a wider understanding of what families, children and their leisure behaviour mean in today s societies. This book was originally published as a special issue of "Annals of Leisure Research.""

Spis treści

1.Introduction: Children, Families and Leisure 2. Family leisure, opening a window on the meaning of family 3. Towards a model of optimal family leisure 4. Parents and children consuming the city: geographies of family outings across class 5. Leisure in a world of ‘com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter, puter games’: a father and son conversation 6.Negotiating the climb: a fictional representation of climbing, gendered parenting and the morality of time 7. ‘We have not seen the kids for hours’: the case of family holidays and free-range children 8. A review of gay and lesbian parented families’ travel motivations and destination choices: gaps in research and future directions 9. Intersection of family, work and leisure during academic training 10. Family Leisure and the Coming Out Process for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Children 11. Family experiences of visitor attractions in New Zealand: differing opportunities for ‘family time’ and ‘own time’ 12. Understanding ambivalence in family leisure among three-generation families: ‘It's all part of the package’ 13. Families in the forest: guilt trips, bonding moments and potential springboards 14. Celebrating the family abroad: the wedding tourism experience 15. More than putting on a performance in commercial homes: merging family practices and critical hospitality studies

O autorze

Heike Schänzel is a senior lecturer in International Tourism Management at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Research interests include tourist behaviour and experiences, sociality in tourism, and theory development in tourism and hospitality. Neil Carr is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago as well as the Editor of Annals of Leisure Research. His research focuses on understanding behaviour within tourism and leisure experiences; with a particular emphasis on animals, children and families, and sex.