Overview
- Combines a strong focus on “positive” sociology of leisure, with critical leisure studies literature
- Reflects the recent trend to integrate leisure studies and studies of well-being and positive psychology
- Takes a global view of the topic, and contains research from five continents
Part of the book series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era (LSGE)
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About this book
This edited collection explores Positive Sociology of Leisure (PSL) as a subfield relating to leisure studies, sociology of leisure, and sociology of happiness.
Defined as an area of research that examines social aspects of leisure life with a focus on the optimal functioning of relationship, group, community, organization, and other social units, PSL differs from more critical forms of sociology in that its starting point is social positives.
The contributions draw on a range of diverse disciplinary backgrounds to consider various meanings of leisure across themes such as: ageing; sex, sexuality and family; community, youth, and education; and arts and creativity.
Positive Sociology of Leisure will be a key reference within the field of sociology of leisure, as well as an important introductory book for those interested in leisure studies.
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Meanings of Leisure
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Front Matter
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Reviews
“Using the framework developed by Robert Stebbins, Positive Sociology complements Martin Seligman’s Positive Psychology extremely well. Congratulations to the editors for the much-anticipated publication on affirmative issues in leisure. The aspects of social life with a focus on optimal functioning of relationship, group, community, organization, and other social units are an excellent beginning for the Positive Sociology of Leisure.” — Francis Lobo, Professor at Edith Cowan University, Australia
“This book is a very welcome addition to the sociology of leisure for highlighting the variety in how people in different countries use their leisure, and how leisure experiences enrich their lives.” — Ken Roberts, Professor at the University of Liverpool, UK
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Shintaro Kono is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Anju Beniwal is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Govt. Meera Girls College, Udaipur, India.
Priyanka Baweja is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Rajasthan University, India.
Karl Spracklen is Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Beckett University, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Positive Sociology of Leisure
Book Subtitle: Contemporary Perspectives
Editors: Shintaro Kono, Anju Beniwal, Priyanka Baweja, Karl Spracklen
Series Title: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41812-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41811-3Published: 25 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41814-4Published: 25 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41812-0Published: 24 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-3173
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3181
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 369
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Positive Psychology, Cultural Studies