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The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time

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The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time - Rojek, Chris
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In his compelling new book, Chris Rojek turns this shibboleth on its head to demonstrate how leisure has become a form of labor. 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 labor and intelligence. It is now a school for life. In challenging the orthodox understandings of freedom and free time, The Labour of Leisure sets out an indispensable new approach ...

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The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time 2009, Sage Publications Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781412945530

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The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time 2009, Sage Publications Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781412945523

Hardcover