The new politics of leisure and pleasure / edited by Peter Bramham and Stephen Wagg.

Other author Bramham, Peter.
Other author Wagg, Stephen.
Format Book
Publication InfoHoundsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Descriptionix, 280 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Unforbidden fruit : from leisure to pleasure / Peter Bramham and Stephen Wagg -- Choosing leisure : social theory, class and generations / Peter Bramham -- Double measures : the moral regulation of alcohol consumption, past and present / Chas Critcher -- Outdoor recreation and the environment / Neil Ravenscroft and Paul Gilchrist -- Television, deregulation and the reshaping of leisure / Philip Drake and Richard Haynes -- Sex and the citizens : erotic play and the new leisure culture / Feona Attwood -- Rituals of intoxication : young people, drugs, risk and leisure / Shane Blackman -- States, markets and new media : the contemporary politics of gambling / Jackie West and Terry Austrin -- Towards web 3.0 : mashing up work and leisure / Andy Miah -- Tourist bodies, transformation and sensuality / Annette Pritchard and Nigel Morgan -- 'They can't stop us laughing'; politics, leisure and the comedy business / Stephen Wagg -- Noughties reading / Nicole Matthews -- Sport and lifestyle / John Horne -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea : music and leisure in an era of X factor and digital pirates / Brett Lashua -- Doublethink : 'deregulation', censure and 'adult-sex' on television / Julian Petley -- Afterword : closing reflections on the new politics of leisure and pleasure / Peter Bramham and Stephen Wagg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010032360
ISBN9780230216846
ISBN0230216846
ISBN9780230216839 (hbk.)
ISBN0230216838 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GV14 .N49 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold