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Book Synopsis Black Recreation by : Jearold Winston Holland
Download or read book Black Recreation written by Jearold Winston Holland and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the black experience in America has been told in many ways, it has seldom, if ever, been substantially addressed from the play, recreation, and leisure perspective. That is the primary intent of Black Recreation: A Historical Perspective. Leisure and recreation activities are an important measure of quality of life--of happiness, wealth, and health. Historical interpretation, accurately presented, can help give individuals a better sense of identity--of who they are and how far they have come. Both minority and majority readers will benefit from broad-based analysis of the recreational activities and effects they had on American culture as a whole.
Book Synopsis Closure of the Al Black Recreation Area at the Cochiti Lake Outlet Works in Sandoval County by :
Download or read book Closure of the Al Black Recreation Area at the Cochiti Lake Outlet Works in Sandoval County written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Black Faces, White Spaces by : Carolyn Finney
Download or read book Black Faces, White Spaces written by Carolyn Finney and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Book Synopsis Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington, D.C. by : Patsy Mose Fletcher
Download or read book Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington, D.C. written by Patsy Mose Fletcher and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, African Americans in the Washington, D.C. area sought leisure destinations where they could relax without the burden of racial oppression. Local picnic parks such as Eureka and Madre's were accessible by streetcars. Black-owned steamboats ferried passengers seeking sun and sand to places like Collingwood Beach, and African American families settled into quiet beach-side communities along the Western Shore of Maryland. Author and public historian Patsy M. Fletcher reveals the history behind Washington's forgotten era of African American leisure.
Book Synopsis Recreation Without Humiliation by : Mary Stanton
Download or read book Recreation Without Humiliation written by Mary Stanton and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Recreation without Humiliation is the first comprehensive study of Black amusement venues established by Black Americans for Black Americans. Mary Stanton's extensive research on African American amusement parks in America explores not only segregation, class, and social barriers but also the notion of the 'pursuit of happiness' as an inalienable right for all races and classes of people. Inspired by summers spent on Coney Island, where Stanton became curious about the existence of African American amusement parks in America, Stanton's research uncovered more than fifty such venues, most of which operated during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These were parks, theaters, juke joints, country clubs, summer colonies, baseball diamonds, and arenas. Although these venues provided much needed recreational services to an underserved Black population, many were threatened by whites, and some destroyed by them. Through her study of these sites of recreation, Stanton illuminates the history of African Americans who strove to create and maintain safe and satisfying entertainment despite segregation. In her research, Stanton also found class divisions among Black American entertainment venues. At the pinnacle of Black society in this era were the upper class, who could afford exclusive Black summer cottages and country clubs. General entertainment for Black working-class families consisted of dancing and drinking in juke joints or patronizing small amusement parks, playgrounds, movie theaters, church-sponsored functions, and Black county fairs. African Americans in the twentieth century, especially in the South, transformed segregation into what historian Earl Lewis calls "congregation." Congregation implies choice, and this congregation "provided space and support for establishing new amusements, entertainments, music, and dance" without interference or oppression"--
Book Synopsis Theoretical Perspectives of Ethnicity and Outdoor Recreation : a Review and Synthesis of African-American and European-American Participation by :
Download or read book Theoretical Perspectives of Ethnicity and Outdoor Recreation : a Review and Synthesis of African-American and European-American Participation written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Race, Ethnicity, and Leisure by : Monika Stodolska
Download or read book Race, Ethnicity, and Leisure written by Monika Stodolska and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2013-09-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race, Ethnicity, and Leisure: Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice provides an overview of the current theories and practices related to minority leisure and reviews numerous issues related to these diverse groups’ leisure, including needs and motivations, constraints, and discrimination. World-renowned researchers synthesize research on race and ethnicity, explain how demographics will affect leisure behavior in the 21st century, and explain the leisure behavior of minorities.
Book Synopsis Living the California Dream by : Alison Rose Jefferson
Download or read book Living the California Dream written by Alison Rose Jefferson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Miriam Matthews Ethnic History Award from the Los Angeles City Historical Society Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America’s “frontier of leisure” by creating communities and business projects in conjunction with their growing population in Southern California during the nation’s Jim Crow era.
Book Synopsis Blacks and Social Change by : James W. Button
Download or read book Blacks and Social Change written by James W. Button and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a long-term empirical analysis of the impact of the civil rights movement on the real-life situations of southern blacks. Looking at the period from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, it assesses the role of black political participation in six Florida cities. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Book Synopsis The Politics of Leisure by : Rudy Dunlap
Download or read book The Politics of Leisure written by Rudy Dunlap and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores entanglements between politics and leisure, ranging from the electorate’s concerns with public recreation resources, to the presence of politics in casual conversation, and to the use of leisure as a means of preserving racial hierarchies in society. In noting the contributions of past scholarship, it also points toward a trend of increasingly political leisure research, where research helps to unpack the multiple ways in which power suffuses the experience of leisure. A contrast between ‘being political’, on one hand, and the tribal politicization that characterizes much of contemporary social life, on the other hand, demonstrates that scholars and educators can and should be engaged in politically-oriented scholarship, while also building a more diverse and intellectually productive academy. This edited volume will be of great interest to researchers and scholars interested in race, power, polarization, and the interrelationship between politics and leisure. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Leisure Sciences.
Download or read book Fit Citizens written by Ava Purkiss and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, as African Americans struggled against white social and political oppression, Black women devised novel approaches to the fight for full citizenship. In opposition to white-led efforts to restrict their freedom of movement, Black women used various exercises—calisthenics, gymnastics, athletics, and walking—to demonstrate their physical and moral fitness for citizenship. Black women's participation in the modern exercise movement grew exponentially in the first half of the twentieth century and became entwined with larger campaigns of racial uplift and Black self-determination. Black newspapers, magazines, advice literature, and public health reports all encouraged this emphasis on exercise as a reflection of civic virtue. In the first historical study of Black women's exercise, Ava Purkiss reveals that physical activity was not merely a path to self-improvement but also a means to expand notions of Black citizenship. Through this narrative of national belonging, Purkiss explores how exercise enabled Black women to reimagine Black bodies, health, beauty, and recreation in the twentieth century. Fit Citizens places Black women squarely within the history of American physical fitness and sheds light on how African Americans gave new meaning to the concept of exercising citizenship.
Book Synopsis A Handbook of Leisure Studies by : C. Rojek
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.
Book Synopsis Leisure and Spirituality (Engaging Culture) by : Paul Heintzman
Download or read book Leisure and Spirituality (Engaging Culture) written by Paul Heintzman and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This addition to the award-winning Engaging Culture series explores the link between leisure and spirituality, offering a Christian perspective on leisure concepts and issues in contemporary society. Paul Heintzman, a respected scholar and experienced recreation practitioner, interacts with biblical, historical, and contemporary leisure studies sources to provide a comprehensive understanding of leisure. He also explains the importance of leisure for spiritual growth and development. This work will appeal to professors and students as well as practitioners in the recreation and leisure services field, youth and college pastors, and camp ministries.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-century Christian Thought by : Joel D. S. Rasmussen
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-century Christian Thought written by Joel D. S. Rasmussen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook considers Christian thought in the long nineteenth century (from the French Revolution to the First World War), encompassing not only doctrine and theology, but also Christianity's mutual influence on literature and the arts, political and economic thought, and the natural and social sciences.
Book Synopsis African Americans at Risk [2 volumes] by : Glenn L. Starks
Download or read book African Americans at Risk [2 volumes] written by Glenn L. Starks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With all of the progress African Americans have made, they still face many risks that threaten the entire race or place segments in jeopardy of survival. This work examines the widespread problem and suggests solutions. This two-volume set examines the issues and policies that put African Americans at risk in our culture today, utilizing the most recent research from scholars in the field to provide not only objective, encyclopedic information, but also varying viewpoints to encourage critical thinking. The entries comprehensively document how African Americans are treated differently, have more negative outcomes in the same situations than other races, and face risks due to issues inherent in their past or current social and economic conditions. Care is taken to note distinctions between subgroups and not further a "blanket approach" to the diverse members of this minority population. Intended for members of the African American community; societal scholars; students in the fields of health, social studies, and public policy; as well as general readers, this work will provide readers with a deeper understanding of key components affecting the lives of African Americans today.
Book Synopsis Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society by : Amy Hurd
Download or read book Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society written by Amy Hurd and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society provides a detailed introduction to the history, developments, and current trends in leisure studies. The Twelfth Edition focuses on the challenges and opportunities impacting the profession—including dramatic demographic changes, new technologies, and innovations in marketing—through an array of pedagogical features, including engaging sidebars and case studies addressing contemporary issues. Focusing on ten different types of organizations—ranging from nonprofit community organizations and armed forces recreation to sports management and travel and tourism sponsors—the Twelfth Edition is an invaluable resource for students considering a career in the recreation and leisure industry
Book Synopsis The Frontier of Leisure by : Lawrence Culver
Download or read book The Frontier of Leisure written by Lawrence Culver and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the history of Southern California from the late 19th century through the late 20th century, this book reveals how this region did much more than just create lavish resorts like Santa Catalina Island and Palm Springs - it literally remade American attitudes towards leisure.