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The interrelationship of leisure and play : play as leisure, leisure as play / Robert A. Stebbins.

Title
The interrelationship of leisure and play : play as leisure, leisure as play / Robert A. Stebbins.
Author
Stebbins, Robert A., 1938-
Publication
  • Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
  • ©2015

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vii, 183 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"In the scientific studies of play and leisure there has been an unfortunate tendency for the enthusiasts of one to ignore the contributions made by their colleagues in the other. This book shows what the two fields have been missing because of this isolation. The new idea of augmentative play enables us to examine how and where play and leisure are often vitally dependent on each other. Augmentative play is a special activity that aids substantially the pursuit of a larger, encompassing leisure activity. This approach to the study of play is unique. It recognizes the hundreds of activities in which play and leisure come together, sometimes to produce deeply fulfilling experiences and outcomes for participants, other times to produce more fleeting enjoyment for them"--
Series Statement
Leisure studies in a global era
Uniform Title
Leisure studies in a global era.
Subject
  • Leisure > Social aspects
  • Play > Social aspects
  • Sports sciences
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports
  • Leisure > Social aspects
  • Play > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- 1. The Scientific Studies of Play and Leisure -- 2. The Serious Leisure Perspective -- 3. Play as Casual Leisure -- 4. Playing in Art and Entertainment -- 5. Scientific Play -- 6. Play in Sport -- 7. Hobbyist Play -- 8. Whither the Interdisciplinary Study of Play and Leisure?.
ISBN
  • 9781137513014
  • 1137513012
LCCN
  • ^^2015019848
  • 40025421593
OCLC
910091052
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library