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The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure
About this book
This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship.
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Yes, you can access The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure by P. Bramham, S. Wagg, P. Bramham,S. Wagg in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Scienze sociali & Studi regionali. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: Unforbidden Fruit: From Leisure to Pleasure
- 1 Choosing Leisure: Social Theory, Class and Generations
- 2 Double Measures: The Moral Regulation of Alcohol Consumption, Past and Present
- 3 Outdoor Recreation and the Environment
- 4 Television, Deregulation and the Reshaping of Leisure
- 5 Sex and the Citizens: Erotic Play and the New Leisure Culture
- 6 Rituals of Intoxication: Young People, Drugs, Risk and Leisure
- 7 States, Markets and New Media: The Contemporary Politics of Gambling
- 8 Towards Web 3.0: Mashing Up Work and Leisure
- 9 Tourist Bodies, Transformation and Sensuality
- 10 âThey Canât Stop Us Laughingâ; Politics, Leisure and the Comedy Business
- 11 Noughties Reading
- 12 Sport and Lifestyle
- 13 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Music and Leisure in an Era of X Factor and Digital Pirates
- 14 Doublethink: âDeregulationâ, Censure and âAdult-Sexâ on Television
- 15 Afterword: Closing Reflections on the New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure
- Index