Author

Publication

2010 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

70,000 words, Guess

Page Count

280 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC306.4/812
  • LCCGV14 .N49 2010
  • LCCGV706.5HM623BL65.C8B
and 1 more
  • LCCGV14 .N49 2011

Description

"This book explores the new politics of leisure and pleasure in relation to a range of popular activities. Current generations in Western societies are essentially recipients of the changes that the Sixties - fabled decade of sex, drugs and rock n' roll - left behind. In their leisure lives - whether drinking, reading, surfing the net, taking drugs, going to a comedy gig, watching TV, taking a holiday, downloading music, supporting a football club, having a bet, having sex or simply roaming the countryside - people seem to enjoy unprecedented freedoms. But what are these freedoms? How are they exercised? And to what extent have traditional controls been relinquished?"--Back cover.

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