TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rojek,Chris
ED  - Sage eBooks
TI  - The labour of leisure: the culture of free time 
SN  - 9781446269206 (ebook) :
AV  - GV14.45 .R658 2010
U1  - 306.4812 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Los Angeles, London
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Leisure
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Recreation
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - Modern men and women are required to be competent, relevant, and credible, not only in the work place but with their mates, children, parents, and communities. The requisite empathy for others, socially acceptable values and correct forms of self-presentation demand work. Much of this work is concentrated in non-work activity, compromising traditional connections between leisure and freedom. Ranging widely from an analysis of the inflated aspirations of the leisure society thesis to the culture of deception that permeates leisure choice, the author shows how leisure is inextricably linked to emotional labour and intelligence
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ER  -