184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
177 Pages
by
Routledge
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Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Robert A. Stebbins divides such activity into categories of serious (skilled), casual (unskilled), and project-based (short-term) leisure that he further separates into a variety of types and subtypes. Together they comprise... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Serious Leisure Perspective 2. Recent Research on Serious Leisure 3. Casual and Project-Based Leisure: The Basics 4. Synthesizing the Forms 5. Extending the Perspective 6. History of the Perspective 7. Importance of the Perspective References Index
Biography
Robert A. Stebbins, David.B Sachsman






