Leisure and Work in China

Huimei Liu

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9781032433431
• eBook ISBN:
  9781003858874
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

This is the first book to explore the meaning and significance of leisure in Chinese society, as well as the relationship between leisure and work that reveals so much about a society's cultural values.

Exploring philosophical and theoretical concepts from a Chinese perspective, the book also presents a series of cutting-edge case studies of leisure and work life that add a new dimension to our understanding of contemporary China. Featuring the work of leading Chinese researchers, the book examines key concepts and theories in contemporary leisure studies, including workleisure relationships, free time, freedom, labour alienation, leisure alienation, the impact of technology on leisure and work, and subjective well-being and health. It also presents an important snapshot of life in contemporary China – and contemporary Leisure Studies in China – at a moment in which China's society and economy are adjusting to a new post-COVID reality.

This book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in leisure studies, sociology, Asian studies, and cultural studies.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 The Evolution of Work and Leisure in China: A Historical Analysis of Vacation Policies, Leisure Practices, and Ideological Influences (Pre-Qin to 1949)
• 2 Fundamental Issues in Understanding Leisure and the Shift of Research Paradigms in Leisure Studies
• 3 Critique of Modern Society and Aesthetic Critique: Two Possible Approaches to Leisure Research and Their Implications on Leisure and Work
• 4 Free Labour and Contemporary Leisure Forms in China
• 5 A Marxist Labour Value Theory Perspective on Work and Leisure
• 6 Reshaping the Concept of Leisure and Labour in the Era of Post-COVID-19
• 7 The Coupled Logic of Labour and Leisure in the Digital Era: Playbour
• 8 Leisure and Labour: The Debate between Arendt and Byung-Chul Han on “Leisure”
• 9 The Relationships between Leisure and “Lying Flat” Phenomenon: An Emerging Chinese Societal Issue
• 10 From Serious Leisure to Devotee Work: An Exploratory Study of Yoga
• 11 Work and Leisure in Taiwan: Examining the Antecedents and Consequences of Work-Leisure Conflict
• 12 An Examination of the Influence of Social Support on Work-Leisure Conflict: A Case Study of Frontline Hotel Employees
• 13 An Examination of the Impact of Leisure Participation on Knowledge Workers’ Work Passion: The More Leisure, the More Passion?
• 14 An Exploratory Study of Work-Leisure Relationships during the Covid-19 Lockdown
• Index