Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure : Meanings, Motives and Lifelong Learning (Paperback)

Part 1: Meanings  Ch 1. Leisure in the Laboratory and Other Strange Notions: Psychological Research on the Subjective Nature of Leisure - Roger Mannell  Ch 2. Escape from time: Experience the travel within - Pete McGrath  Ch 3. Leisure, Happiness and Positive Lifestyle - Robert A. Stebbins  Ch 4. Leisure, Life, Enjoyment and Well-Being - John Howarth  Ch 5. Deviance, Dark Tourism and ‘Dark Leisure’: Towards a (re)configuration of morality and the taboo in secular society - Phil Stone and Richard Sharpley  Part 2: Motives  Ch 6. The Unsustainability of Leisure: The Sustainability of Just Leisure - Karla Henderson  Ch 7. Playing In The Great Outdoors: Risk and Adventure Activities In The Twenty-first Century - Paul Beedie  Ch 8. Sites of Serious Leisure: Acting Up In Space and Place - Sam Elkington  Ch 9. I am what I pretend to be: Performance and Deception in Leisure - Sean Gammon  Ch 10. The Technological Mediation of Leisure in Contemporary Society - Jo Bryce  Ch 11. How Not to Take the Fun out of Everything: Facilitating Volunteering and Leisure - Steven Howlett  Ch 12. Youth and Leisure Experiences: Youth cultures and social change in Britain since the early-20^th century - Ken Roberts  Part 3: Learning  Ch 13. Reflective Leisure, Freedom and Identity - Hayden Ramsey  Ch 14. The Comprehensive Leisure Participation Framework: Theoretical Foundation, Cross-Cultural Variation, and Practical Implications - Gordon Walker  Ch 15. Leisure, Identities and Personal Growth - Scott Cohen  Ch 16. Models of Teaching in Leisure Education - Sam Elkington and Mike Watkins Ch 17. To Boldly Go … Tales From a Leisurist - Lesley Lawrence