The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time Book

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.Read More

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  • 1412945526
  • 9781412945523
  • Professor Chris Rojek
  • 16 October 2009
  • Sage Publications Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 216
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