1st Edition

Children, Families and Leisure

Edited By Heike Schänzel, Neil Carr Copyright 2016
262 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

This book aims to further academic debate within the leisure and tourism studies community about the role of ‘families’ in contemporary life and the experiences of families and their children in the leisure environment. It is based on the recognition of the diverse nature of the family in the contemporary era and the position of children in families and society in general as active and knowing... Read more

1.Introduction: Children, Families and Leisure
Heike Schänzel & Neil Carr

2. Family leisure, opening a window on the meaning of family
Scott McCabe

3. Towards a model of optimal family leisure
Keri A. Schwab & Daniel L. Dustin

4. Parents and children consuming the city: geographies of family outings across class Lia Karsten & Naomi Felder

5. Leisure in a world of ‘com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter, puter games’: a father and son conversation
Stephen L. Wearing, Jamie Wearing, Matthew McDonald & Michael Wearing

6.Negotiating the climb: a fictional representation of climbing, gendered parenting and the morality of time
Ben Clayton & Emily Coates

7. ‘We have not seen the kids for hours’: the case of family holidays and free-range children
Marie Vestergaard Mikkelsen & Bodil Stilling Blichfeldt

8. A review of gay and lesbian parented families’ travel motivations and destination choices: gaps in research and future directions
Rodrigo Lucena, Nigel Jarvis & Clare Weeden

9. Intersection of family, work and leisure during academic training
Stephanie Chesser

10. Family Leisure and the Coming Out Process for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Children
Dawn Trussell

11. Family experiences of visitor attractions in New Zealand: differing opportunities for ‘family time’ and ‘own time’
Joanna Fountain, Heike Schänzel, Emma Stewart & Nora Körner

12. Understanding ambivalence in family leisure among three-generation families: ‘It's all part of the package’
Shannon Hebblethwaite

13. Families in the forest: guilt trips, bonding moments and potential springboards
Alice Goodenough, Sue Waite & Jade Bartlett

14. Celebrating the family abroad: the wedding tourism experience
Giovanna Bertella

15. More than putting on a performance in commercial homes: merging family practices and critical hospitality studies
Julie Seymour

Biography

Heike Schänzel is a senior lecturer in International Tourism Management at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Research interests include tourist behaviour and experiences, sociality in tourism, and theory development in tourism and hospitality.

Neil Carr is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago as well as the Editor of Annals of Leisure Research. His research focuses on understanding behaviour within tourism and leisure experiences; with a particular emphasis on animals, children and families, and sex.