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Mapping Leisure

Studies from Australia, Asia and Africa

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Editors:
  1. Ishwar Modi

    1. India International Institute of Social Sciences, Jaipur, India

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  2. Teus J. Kamphorst

    1. WLRA International Centre of Excellence, Breda, The Netherlands

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  • Includes contributions by major scholars of the sociology of leisure
  • Provides historical and contemporary perspectives on leisure practices
  • Provides a unique comparative lens to the understanding of leisure across time and space

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Mapping Leisure Studies

    • Ishwar Modi, Teus J. Kamphorst
    Pages 1-11

  3. Australia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Australian Leisure: From Antiquity to Modernity

      • Francis Lobo
      Pages 15-27

    3. Mapping Leisure and Life Through the Ages in New Zealand

      • Michael Toohey, Grant Cushman, Bob Gidlow
      Pages 29-53

  4. Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. The Mapping of Leisure in Chinese Cultural Tradition

      • Ma Huidi
      Pages 57-66

    3. Mapping Leisure and Life Through the Ages in India

      • Ishwar Modi
      Pages 67-88

    4. The Meaning and Practice of Leisure and Recreation: An Analysis of Three Indonesian Muslim Professionals

      • Iwan Gardono Sudjatmiko, Irsyad Zamjani, Adrianus Jebatu
      Pages 89-108

    5. Mapping Leisure and Life Through the Ages in Iran

      • Gholamreza Ghaffary
      Pages 109-124

    6. Mapping Leisure and Life Through the Ages in Israel

      • Atara Sivan, Elie Cohen-Gewerc
      Pages 125-139

    7. Strategies of Leisure in Japan

      • Scott North
      Pages 141-159

    8. Mapping Leisure and Life in Korea

      • Erwei Dong
      Pages 161-172

    9. Mapping Leisure in the Philippines

      • Manuel Enverga
      Pages 173-189

    10. Leisure as Distinction in the Turkish Middle Class: Nursing Babies, Collecting a Trousseau, Meeting at the Malls, or Surfing?

      • Zerrin Arslan
      Pages 191-219
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About this book

This volume addresses the rich and varied thoughts, concepts, approaches and leisure practices in sixteen countries of three continents---Australia, Asia and Africa. The chapters showcase the diversity in the forms and ways in which the idea and practice of leisure have developed across space and time. However, the common thread through the chapters is that concepts and practices of leisure are found all over the world, from pre-historic settlements to the present-day consumer societies. Seemingly, being at leisure is a capacity of the human species present at birth and which develops in a variety of individual and societal contexts. Even in situations where leisure gets little official recognition as being an aspect of life---such as under colonial rule or in extremely work-centric societies---it needs to be contextually understood. This is a welcome addition to the literature on leisure studies from a global and comparative perspective.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • India International Institute of Social Sciences, Jaipur, India

    Ishwar Modi

  • WLRA International Centre of Excellence, Breda, The Netherlands

    Teus J. Kamphorst

About the editors

Ishwar Modi (late) was Director, India International Institute of Social Sciences. He was also the Founder Director, Centre for Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of Rajasthan and a Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur. A pioneer of leisure studies in India, he was an Honorary Life Member of the World Leisure Organization and also a Senior Fellow and Founder Member of the World Leisure Academy. He was an Executive Committee Member of the International Sociological Association and was the President of its Research Committee on Sociology of Leisure. He was also the President of the Indian Sociological Society (2012–2013). He was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award (2015) of the Indian Sociological Society. 


Teus J. Kamphorst was Director of the WLRA International Centre of Excellence (WICE) in the Netherlands which has produced several students of eminence in the field of leisure, tourism and environment.He was also the President of the Research Committee on Sociology of Leisure of the International Sociological Association. 




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mapping Leisure

  • Book Subtitle: Studies from Australia, Asia and Africa

  • Editors: Ishwar Modi, Teus J. Kamphorst

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3632-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3631-6Published: 15 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9926-7Published: 07 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3632-3Published: 06 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 309

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Positive Psychology, Popular Culture

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