Peter Bramham, Stephen Wagg Introduction to Leisure Studies

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"There are textbooks galore, but there aren't many crafted as intelligently as this one. This book will change the way that students understand leisure. It will give them an easier entry to that place where difficult ideas fuse into something intelligible, where real understanding sits and the educated imagination is stirred."- Tony Blackshaw, Sheffield Hallam UniversityPeter Bramham and Stephen Waggprovide a foundation for those studying within the broad field of leisure studies.The bookgives studentsan accessible and engaging introduction to leisure studies and leisure research, encouraging students to engage in reflexive analysis oftheir common sense understandings of everyday life and enabling them to develop an understanding of contemporary leisure studies and changing leisure practices.