Title: Leisure life : myth, masculinity and modernity /
Authors: Blackshaw, Tony, 1960-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Men England Leeds Social conditions.; Men England Leeds Social life and customs.; Working class England Leeds Social life and customs.; Leisure Social aspects England Leeds.; Masculinity England Leeds.
Abstract: "Leisure Life is a study of men and masculinity. Focusing on the social networks and lesisure lifestyles of a particular group of working-class men - 'the lads' - Tony Blackshaw argues that traditional social collectivities such as class are being superseded. Instead, leisure life is now the central arena in which individuals define their own identities. For 'the lads', leisure time allows for the making of a postulated sense of community, with its related myths and meanings. This provides opportunities for the assertion of their masculinity."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Introduction. The leisure life-world of 'the lads' -- Deliberation. Some questions of methodological approach -- Initiation. Welcome to the Stout man -- Administration. "Us" and 'them': the administration of the Other 'lad' style -- Communion. Individually, together: the self-constitution of community 'lad' style -- Mythologisation. On being together: the mundane and the spectacular of the leisure life-world -- Felicitation. Still together after all these years; on being together apart -- Emanicipation. Fractured lives, certain leisure?