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Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773563342
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1992-04-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout this project Stebbins has built on the work of Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss and their notion of "grounded theory." First, Stebbins extensively observed the routine activities of amateurs and professionals in each field studied. Then, as he became more familiar with the life-styles of the participants, he conducted lengthy, unstructured, face-to-face interviews with, in most cases, thirty amateur or professional respondents. Each field demanded special methods of observation, analysis, interviewing, probing, and reporting. As much as possible, however, Stebbins asked similar questions of all respondents in all fields so as to permit generalizations across these diverse fields. The result was a "substantive grounded theory" of each field studied. In Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure, Stebbins has developed a "formal grounded theory" of amateurs and professionals based on the research accumulated in all eight substantive fields. By transcending a variety of contexts, he argues, one can gain a more enduring appreciation of the elements that affect peoples' experiences in work and leisure pursuits. A thorough review of the findings across this wide range of activities, including his findings and ideas on hobbyists and career volunteers, enabled Stebbins to derive better definitions of the main concepts of the project, such as "amateur," "the public," and "serious leisure" -- as well as "professional," where he distinguishes between client-centred and public-centred professionals who, while sharing numerous ideal-typical attributes, vary as to the power and control they have over their work in a democratic society. He presents inductive conclusions about careers and the costs and rewards in the eight amateur-professional fields considered. He examines the external world of amateurs and professionals in the light of such issues as family ties, relations among amateurs and professionals and among amateurs and their employers, public images, critics and journalists, community contributions, and the question of marginality for amateurs who are caught between the work world of the professional and the casual leisure world of the majority of the population. He concludes with an exploration of the future role of serious leisure in relation to predictions of greater unemployment and increased leisure time and longevity.

Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773509016
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A synthesis of Stebbins' (sociology, U. of Calgary) previous published studies of professionals and dedicated amateurs in eight specific fields of entertainment, science, and sport. Having constructed a theoretical framework for behavior in each field, he presents a general theory of leisure. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Serious Leisure

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412809770
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Serious Leisure written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Stebbins divides such activity into categories of serious, casual, and project-based leisure that he further separates into a variety of types and subtypes. Together they comprise what he calls "serious leisure." In this perspective, serious leisure constitutes systematic pursuit of an amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer activity sufficiently substantial and interesting in nature and requiring special skills, knowledge, and experience. Casual leisure, though immediately, intrinsically rewarding, is by contrast a relatively short-lived pleasurable activity, requiring little or no special training to enjoy it. Project-based leisure is a short-term, reasonably complicated, occasional creative undertaking carried out in free time. Stebbins sets out the basic concepts and propositions that make up the three forms, focusing on their essential elements. He takes stock of the serious leisure literature as well as that for casual and project-based leisure. Stebbins sees "serious leisure" realized by way of a set of foundational concepts--organization, community, history, lifestyle, and culture--and several of their component areas. He reviews the history and background of the concept of serious leisure and then adds historical commentary on, first, casual leisure and, then, project-based leisure. Finally, he examines the future and the importance of the serious leisure perspective in a globalizing world, and some of its critical links with other fields of knowledge and practice, notably the nonprofit sector and preventive medicine. Together with its original insights, Serious Leisure offers a single, handy, coherent, comprehensive resource. It will be of interest to sociologists, labor studies specialists, and economists.

The Serious Leisure Perspective

Author : Sam Elkington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317810414
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Serious Leisure Perspective written by Sam Elkington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Serious Leisure Perspective" (SLP) is a theoretical framework that can help us understand the complexities of modern leisure as both an activity and an experience. Bringing together the study of serious leisure, casual leisure and project-based leisure, it is an essential component of the Leisure Studies curriculum and an invaluable tool for exploring the significance of leisure in contemporary society. This book is the first of offer a comprehensive introduction to the Serious Leisure Perspective, from fundamental principles and key concepts to in-depth and wide-ranging case studies of serious leisure pursuits. The book introduces the history of the SLP and its position alongside other social theories that attempt to explain the nature and function of leisure. It explores important themes such as consumption, gender relations, social capital and quality of life, and delves deeply into the leisure of amateurs, hobbyists, career volunteers and occupational devotees. Every chapter includes a range of useful pedagogical features, such as review questions and group exercises, to help the student to grasp the importance of understanding leisure as a way of understanding contemporary social life and society. Combining cutting-edge theory and method with an engaging and practical interface, this is an essential text for all Leisure Studies courses and illuminating reading for any student working in Tourism, Events, Sport, Recreation, Sociology or Cultural Studies.

A Handbook of Leisure Studies

Author : C. Rojek
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230625185
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Leisure Studies written by C. Rojek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-06-20 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique, international resource for Leisure Studies: in one volume the history, organization and central debates in the field of Leisure Studies are defined, providing a one-stop-shop for students and an agenda for future debate and research academics.

Serious Leisure and Individuality

Author : Elie Cohen-Gewerc
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773588493
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Serious Leisure and Individuality written by Elie Cohen-Gewerc and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be an individual and how can an individual exist within society? Serious Leisure and Individuality examines the circumstances in the modern world that make for individual distinctiveness, and the role of these conditions in personal and social life. "The individual," said Friedrich Nietzsche, "has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." Elie Cohen-Gewerc and Robert Stebbins explore the road to finding that privilege. They approach individuality by examining its relationship to freedom and being free, and by defining and elaborating on the concept of leisure space. They also look at individuality's place in community, citizenship, and globalization. The complex relationship between individuality and alienation is put under the microscope to highlight the negative side of being distinctive, which has adverse consequences for the individual and society. There are many studies on the modern individual that centre almost entirely on the person facing his local community and broader society. What is missing in the literature - and what Serious Leisure and Individuality provides - is a broad, comprehensive examination of individuality, particularly as it is rooted in leisure and the leisure-like areas of work.

Serious Leisure and Nature

Author : L. Davidson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230299377
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Serious Leisure and Nature written by L. Davidson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leisure activities undertaken in nature are immensely popular. This book examines the new serious leisure concept of nature challenge activity (NCA), exploring how NCA unfolds in an aesthetically appealing natural environment with implications for consumption and environmental sustainability.

The Idea of Leisure

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412846579
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book The Idea of Leisure written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A range of thinkers in philosophy, religion, and the social sciences have argued that thanks to science, technology, and the organization of society, the human condition has improved and will continue to do so. People are becoming progressively happier and enjoying an ever-improving quality of life, they say, mostly because they are putting their skills and reason to work. The Idea of Leisure is based on the assumption that leisure also fits into the social order, and it provides a singular vector by which to measure progress, even though it is rarely mentioned in writings about the idea of progress. Robert A. Stebbins believes that leisure fosters positive development in both the individual and community. Progress through free-time activity may sometimes be hard to grasp because of the all-too-common manifestations of deviant behavior from schoolyard bullying to date rape. Despite these examples, the vast majority of leisure activities often have profound, positive consequences for participants and society. Stebbins makes a solid case for linking leisure with progress. Although leisure has huge importance for humanity, observations about the idea of leisure as part of the idea of progress have been sporadic. It is no accident that the World Leisure Organization promotes the motto: “Leisure: integral to social, cultural, and economic development.” Nor is it an accident that Article 24 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that: “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.” For whole nations to find satisfaction and self-fulfillment based on leisure would be a true sign of progress. Stebbins’ book offers original insight into this basic human requirement.

Leisure and Positive Psychology

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137569948
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Leisure and Positive Psychology written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores, from a leisure studies perspective, the central role that leisure has to play in positive psychology, exploring themes such as flow, fulfilment, altruism, well-being, and interpersonal relationships.

Leisure and Consumption

Author : R. Stebbins
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230244866
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Leisure and Consumption written by R. Stebbins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Personal Decisions in the Public Square

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351298186
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Personal Decisions in the Public Square written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work looks into how, why, and when people pursue things in life that they desire, those that make their existence attractive and worth living. Robert A. Stebbins calls this "Positive Sociology," the study of what people do to organize their lives such that they become substantially rewarding, satisfying, and fulfilling. Western society has many challenges: crime, drug addiction, urban pollution, daily stress, domestic violence, and overpopulation. Significant levels of success in avoiding these problems brings a noticeable measure of tranquility, but it does not necessarily generate a positive life. Personal Decisions in the Public Square draws upon, in large part, the sociology of leisure, a "happy science." Among the basic concepts in the sociology of leisure are activity and human agency. The centrality of positive activity is one of its hallmarks and separates it from other social science specialties. Stebbins's positive sociology centers on conceptual roots found in the "serious leisure" perspective. This theoretical framework synthesizes three main forms of leisure (serious, casual, and project-based) while showing their distinctive features, similarities, and interrelationships. Positive sociology also considers two other domains of life: work and non-work obligations. This new approach focuses on the pursuit of "that which makes life worth living." Stebbins explores goals that are important to all people, such as negotiating the right work/family or obligation/leisure balance and the tricky relationship between money and happiness. Research scientists or the general public may find the ideas presented in this volume help them better understand and negotiate situations, by showing how to approach them in a positive way rather than as "problems" that need to be solved.

Laugh-Makers

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 077356232X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Laugh-Makers written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990-02-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stebbins begins with a history of stand-up comedy, giving vital background about the industry as it emerged and flourished in the United States and subsequently developed into a popular form of entertainment in Canada. He deals with the nature of comic performance in comedy rooms - cabarets designed specifically for stand-up comedy - and examines the career of the comic: how people become interested in comedy, how they progress as amateurs, how they survive on the road and how, sometimes, they become headliners and later writers for film and television. He also discusses the business of comedy: booking agents, comedy chains such as Yuk-Yuk's, room managers, and the comics themselves as entrepreneurs. As the first comprehensive study of a growing phenomenon, The Laugh-Makers will interest sociologists of humour and sociologists of occupations and will contribute to our understanding of Canadian popular culture.

Work and Leisure

Author : John Trevor Haworth
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415250580
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Work and Leisure written by John Trevor Haworth and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together specially commissioned chapters from international experts in a wide range of disciplines concerned with work, leisure and well-being to discuss key, topical issues.

Social Worlds and the Leisure Experience

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787697134
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Social Worlds and the Leisure Experience written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anselm Strauss observed 40 years ago that the idea of social world was suffering from weak conceptualization and application to those areas of social life where this formation figures prominently in everyday activities. This book provides a coherent statement about what social worlds consist of, what they do, where they fit in social theory.

Amateurs

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608010892
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Amateurs written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Between Work and Leisure

Author : Robert A. Stebbins
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412854253
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Between Work and Leisure written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between Work and Leisure aims to debunk the prevailing myth that work and leisure are separate and mutually antagonistic spheres of life. Stebbins shows that a close relationship between leisure and work is positive, offering people the possibility of finding joy in work just as they do in leisure. Occupational devotion, as Stebbins defines it, is a strong and positive attachment to a form of self-enhancing work, where the sense of achievement is high and the core activity, or set of tasks, is endowed with such intense appeal that the line between work and leisure is virtually erased. This volume examines conditions that attract people to their work in this profound way, and the many exceptional values and intrinsic rewards they realize there. Stebbins frames occupational devotion in four broad social contexts—history, religion, work, and leisure—and then considers the further subdivisions of gender, social class, and social character. The heart of the book uses research findings on leisure to develop a powerful critique of those who describe deeply felt commitment to work as "workaholic" behavior. He also examines what happens when money becomes a dominant factor in work and the social implications of the compatibility of work and serious leisure using exploratory research to identify their shared motivational factors.

Water-based Tourism, Sport, Leisure, and Recreation Experiences

Author : Gayle Jennings
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 075066181X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Water-based Tourism, Sport, Leisure, and Recreation Experiences written by Gayle Jennings and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a unique insight into these growing areas of the tourism industry looking at their interaction, market profiles, advantages and their effects on the environment. Gayle Jennings, Griffith University, Australia.