1st Edition
Leisure and Hypermodernity
Introduction
Romain Roult, Jean-Marc Adjizian, and Jocelyn Garneau
1 Modernity, postmodernity, and hypermodernity: From the genealogy of concepts to the reality of facts
Sébastien Charles
2 Leisure in hypermodernity
Romain Roult and Jean-Marc Adjizian
3 Boundaries of self in ephemeral leisure
Gilles Pronovost
4 Leisure, community, and hypermodernity
Jocelyn Garneau and Jean-Marc Adjizian
5 Leisure, hypermodernity, and the meaning of life
Jocelyn Garneau
6 Skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, and other alternative sports: Hypermodernity as breeding ground for trendy sports?
Louise Laigroz, Charly Machemehl, and Romain Roult
7 Resisting hypermodernity through leisure endeavours: Finding flow through flowart
Frédéric Martineau
8 Understanding ultramarathon runners’ motivations and leisure meanings: Running to slow down
Nicolas Radio
9 Resisting and embracing hypermodernity through the practice of improv theatre in Quebec, Canada
Jocelyn Garneau
10 Epilogue
Jean-Marc Adjizian and Romain Roult
Biography
Jean-Marc Adjizian is Professor in the Department of Études en Loisir, Culture et Tourisme at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada. He is mainly interested in the relationship between leisure and local and community development. More specifically, he is interested in social and territorial development, as well as integration and inclusion through leisure.
Romain Roult is Professor in the Department of Études en Loisir, Culture et Tourisme at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada. His research expertise is focused on the place of sport in the territorial, tourism, and social dynamics of Western cities, and on the forms that sport can play in these dynamics.
Jocelyn Garneau has a PhD in Leisure, Culture and Tourism from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada. His research interests include the philosophy of leisure, the meaning of leisure in hypermodern times, leisure and the meaning of life, positive sociology of leisure and sociation, and leisure communities and social worlds. He is currently Research Professional at the Observatoire Québécois du Loisir, Canada.
