Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Serious Leisure Perspective
2. Recent Research on Serious Leisure
3. Casual and Project-Based Leisure: The Basics
4. Synthesizing the Forms
5. Extending the Perspective
6. History of the Perspective
7. Importance of the Perspective
References
Index
-For those unfamiliar with Stebbins's previous scholarship, this
work should be an invaluable resource. It provides a concise
introduction to the concept of serious leisure, supported by the
most current research and sprinkled with citations to guide the
reader to more detailed accounts. . . . [This] book then, taken as
a primer on serious leisure, will stimulate interest in this
woefully neglected area.- --Derek Christopher Martin, Contemporary
Sociology -A renowned author in the field of leisure, having
written more than 25 books on the subject, Stebbins (sociology,
Univ. of Calgary) promises to offer a comprehensive view and
analysis of scholarship in the sociology of sport. The author
defines serious leisure as the systematic pursuit of an
activity--as amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer--that is extremely
interesting for the participant. Serious leisure requires special
skills, knowledge, and experience. Stebbins describes casual
leisure as immediately and intrinsically rewarding but short-lived,
needing little or no special training. Finally, project-based
leisure is a short-term task that is complicated. Stebbins takes up
such issues as class, gender, youth, and disabilities and such
concepts as obligation, values, and selfishness. He draws most of
his evidence from Canadian examples and his own exhaustive
research.- --Choice
"For those unfamiliar with Stebbins's previous scholarship, this
work should be an invaluable resource. It provides a concise
introduction to the concept of serious leisure, supported by the
most current research and sprinkled with citations to guide the
reader to more detailed accounts. . . . [This] book then, taken as
a primer on serious leisure, will stimulate interest in this
woefully neglected area." --Derek Christopher Martin, Contemporary
Sociology "A renowned author in the field of leisure, having
written more than 25 books on the subject, Stebbins (sociology,
Univ. of Calgary) promises to offer a comprehensive view and
analysis of scholarship in the sociology of sport. The author
defines serious leisure as the systematic pursuit of an
activity--as amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer--that is extremely
interesting for the participant. Serious leisure requires special
skills, knowledge, and experience. Stebbins describes casual
leisure as immediately and intrinsically rewarding but short-lived,
needing little or no special training. Finally, project-based
leisure is a short-term task that is complicated. Stebbins takes up
such issues as class, gender, youth, and disabilities and such
concepts as obligation, values, and selfishness. He draws most of
his evidence from Canadian examples and his own exhaustive
research." --Choice
"For those unfamiliar with Stebbins's previous scholarship, this
work should be an invaluable resource. It provides a concise
introduction to the concept of serious leisure, supported by the
most current research and sprinkled with citations to guide the
reader to more detailed accounts. . . . [This] book then, taken as
a primer on serious leisure, will stimulate interest in this
woefully neglected area." --Derek Christopher Martin, Contemporary
Sociology "A renowned author in the field of leisure, having
written more than 25 books on the subject, Stebbins (sociology,
Univ. of Calgary) promises to offer a comprehensive view and
analysis of scholarship in the sociology of sport. The author
defines serious leisure as the systematic pursuit of an
activity--as amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer--that is extremely
interesting for the participant. Serious leisure requires special
skills, knowledge, and experience. Stebbins describes casual
leisure as immediately and intrinsically rewarding but short-lived,
needing little or no special training. Finally, project-based
leisure is a short-term task that is complicated. Stebbins takes up
such issues as class, gender, youth, and disabilities and such
concepts as obligation, values, and selfishness. He draws most of
his evidence from Canadian examples and his own exhaustive
research." --Choice
"A renowned author in the field of leisure, having written more
than 25 books on the subject, Stebbins (sociology, Univ. of
Calgary) promises to offer a comprehensive view and analysis of
scholarship in the sociology of sport. The author defines serious
leisure as the systematic pursuit of an activity--as amateur,
hobbyist, or volunteer--that is extremely interesting for the
participant. Serious leisure requires special skills, knowledge,
and experience. Stebbins describes casual leisure as immediately
and intrinsically rewarding but short-lived, needing little or no
special training. Finally, project-based leisure is a short-term
task that is complicated. Stebbins takes up such issues as class,
gender, youth, and disabilities and such concepts as obligation,
values, and selfishness. He draws most of his evidence from
Canadian examples and his own exhaustive research." "--Choice"
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