Title: Leisure and consumption : common ground/separate worlds /
Authors: Stebbins, Robert A., 1938-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Consumption (Economics) Social aspects.; Leisure Economic aspects
Abstract: 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.
Contents: The nature of leisure and consumption -- Conspicuous consumption -- Consumption and leisure in context -- Phase one: shopping -- Phase two: consuming the purchase -- Organizing for consumptive leisure.