The Politics of Leisure

ISBN-13: 9781032056265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 110 str.

Rudy Dunlap; Justin Harmon; Jeff N. Rose

Opis

This book explores entanglements between politics and leisure, ranging from the electorate’s concerns with public recreation resources, to the presence of politics in casual conversation, to the use of leisure as a means of preserving racial hierarchies in society.

Spis treści

1. A People’s History of Leisure Studies: Leisure, the Tool of Racecraft 2. Playing While Black 3. Examining the Use of Leisure for the Sociopolitical Development of Black Youth in Out-of-School Time Programs 4. Urban Subversion and Mobile Cinema: Leisure, Architecture and the "Kino-Cine-Bomber" 5. Home of (or for?) Champions? The Politics of High-Performance/Elite and Community sport at New Zealand’s Home of Cycling 6. Ordinary Political Conversation in Seemingly Nonpolitical Leisure: All Talk and No Action? 7. We Aren’t So Different After All: Differences and Similarities Between Political Affiliation and Issues of Park Use, Management, and Privatization