Leisure and Consumption [electronic resource] : Common Ground/Separate Worlds /
Stebbins, R.author.
The study of consumption has never seriously examined the role of leisure. This ambitious, agenda-setting study, provides the most in-depth examination of the relationship between the two to date, drawing on the serious leisure perspective and outlining a new conceptual framework for analyzing consumption for leisure.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Table and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Nature of Leisure and Consumption; 2 Conspicuous Consumption; 3 Consumption and Leisure in Context; 4 Phase One: Shopping; 5 Phase Two: Consuming the Purchase; 6 Organizing for Consumptive Leisure; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-171) and index.
The study of consumption has never seriously examined the role of leisure. This ambitious, agenda-setting study, provides the most in-depth examination of the relationship between the two to date, drawing on the serious leisure perspective and outlining a new conceptual framework for analyzing consumption for leisure.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Culture.
Sociology.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Popular works.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology, general.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Popular Science, general.