1st Edition
'Alternative' cultures and leisure Creating pathways for sustainable livelihoods
1. Introduction – ‘Alternative cultures and leisure: creating pathways for sustainable livelihoods Alan Law and Stephen L. Wearing
2. There is (almost) no alternative: the slow ‘heat death’ of music subcultures and the instrumentalization of contemporary leisure Karl Spracklen
3. The restaurateur as a sustainability pedagogue: the case of Stuart Gifford and Sarah’s Sister’s Sustainable Café Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Emily Moskwa and Stuart Gifford
4. Community-supported agriculture from the perspective of health and leisure Bernadett Kis
5. Magical activism: what happens between the worlds changes the worlds Cris Calley Jones and Heather Mair
6. Does Bear do it for you? Gen-Y gappers and alternative tourism Jonathan Joseph and Stephen L. Wearing
Biography
Stephen L. Wearing is an Associate Professor in the UTS Business School at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He has conducted numerous projects and lectures worldwide and is the author of 13 books and over 100 articles dealing with issues surrounding leisure and sustainable tourism.
Alan Law is Associate Professor of Sociology at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. His research agendas range across a number of sociological sub disciplines and methodologies. His interests in the sport and leisure field currently focus on the impact of tourist resorts on local communities.
