Serious Leisure: A Perspective for Our TimeTransaction Publishers, 2015 M06 30 - 177 páginas Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Robert A. Stebbins divides such activity into categories of serious (skilled), casual (unskilled), and project-based (short-term) leisure that he further separates into a variety of types and subtypes. Together they comprise what he calls the â serious leisure perspective.â Stebbins sets out the basic concepts that make up the three leisure forms, focusing on their essential elements. Stebbins sees â serious leisureâ realized by way of a set of foundational conceptsâ organization, community, history, lifestyle, and culture. He reviews the history and background of the concept of serious leisure and follows up with historical commentary. Finally, he examines the future and the importance of the serious leisure perspective in a globalizing world, and some of its critical links with other fields of knowledge and practice, notably the nonprofit sector and preventive medicine. Serious Leisure is a coherent and comprehensive resource setting out the main parameters of what is now widely recognized as an interdisciplinary research area. It will be of interest to sociologists, labor studies specialists, and economists. |
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... leisure core activities, which are much less complex than in serious leisure, are exemplified in the actions required to hold sociable conversations with friends, savor beautiful scenery, and offer simple volunteer services (e.g. ...
... leisure core activities, which are much less complex than in serious leisure, are exemplified in the actions required to hold sociable conversations with friends, savor beautiful scenery, and offer simple volunteer services (e.g. ...
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... leisure activities. Today the serious leisure perspective is, in the words of Glaser and Strauss, a “formal grounded theory.” Moreover, as such it is no longer strictly exploratory in scope, for as we shall see from time to time ...
... leisure activities. Today the serious leisure perspective is, in the words of Glaser and Strauss, a “formal grounded theory.” Moreover, as such it is no longer strictly exploratory in scope, for as we shall see from time to time ...
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... leisure studies, we must of necessity open it with a definitional statement on the most fundamental of all ideas in that field, namely, leisure itself. A Definition of Leisure Starting with Aristotle, scholars, clergy, and journalists ...
... leisure studies, we must of necessity open it with a definitional statement on the most fundamental of all ideas in that field, namely, leisure itself. A Definition of Leisure Starting with Aristotle, scholars, clergy, and journalists ...
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... serious leisure, it is constituted of three types: amateur pursuits, hobbyist activities, and career volunteering. Amateurs are found in art, science, sport, and entertainment, where they are inevitably linked, one way or another, with ...
... serious leisure, it is constituted of three types: amateur pursuits, hobbyist activities, and career volunteering. Amateurs are found in art, science, sport, and entertainment, where they are inevitably linked, one way or another, with ...
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... entertainment, who are also linked to sets of strangers operating in their special social worlds, these strangers play a much more subdued role compared with the four fields just mentioned. Thus for many amateur activities, the simpler ...
... entertainment, who are also linked to sets of strangers operating in their special social worlds, these strangers play a much more subdued role compared with the four fields just mentioned. Thus for many amateur activities, the simpler ...
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The Serious Leisure Perspective | |
Synthesizing the Forms | |
Extending the Perspective | |
History of the Perspective | |
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