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Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 2015930490 ISBN-10: 1-939476-04-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-939476-04-3 ISBN ebook: 978-1-57167-825-6 http://www.sagamorepub.com/products/leisure-matters?src=lipdf Dedication 9 This book is dedicated to our spouses, Janet, Susan, and Matthew. http://www.sagamorepub.com/products/leisure-matters?src=lipdf http://www.sagamorepub.com/products/leisure-matters?src=lipdf Table of Contents 9 List of Tables and Figures ..........................................xiii Leisure and Recreation Demand ...................................... 18 Forewords ....................................................................xv Provisioning Public Services and Cost-Benefit Analysis .....20 Assessing Leisure Studies Conclusion .......................................................................... 23 Thomas L. (Tim) Burton References ............................................................................ 24 Leisure Studies: Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future Edgar L. Jackson Chapter 4: History of Leisure ..................................... 25 Introduction .............................................................. xix John L. Hemingway Gordon J. Walker, Monika Stodolska, and David Scott Leisure and Historical Study ............................................. 25 The Editors and Contributors ................................... xxi What History Is................................................................... 26 Why Leisure’s Histories Matter .........................................27 SECTION 1: EXPLORING LEISURE The Historical Record: Sources .........................................27 Genres of History ............................................................... 28 1.1 Disciplinary Perspectives The Future of Leisure’s Past ............................................... 30 Conclusion .......................................................................... 31 References ............................................................................ 31 Chapter 1: Anthropology and Leisure ......................... 1 Garry Chick Chapter 5: Philosophy and Leisure Studies ............... 33 The Ethnography of Leisure .................................................2 Charles Sylvester Leisure as Adaptation ............................................................4 A Very Brief Introduction to Philosophy ........................33 Leisure and Culture Change ................................................4 Ontology .............................................................................. 33 Leisure and Language ...........................................................5 Epistemology ....................................................................... 35 New Approaches in Anthropology .....................................5 Ethics .................................................................................... 35 Conclusion .............................................................................6 Social Philosophy ............................................................... 36 References ...............................................................................6 Postmodernism ................................................................... 37 A Tale of Two Philosophies ...............................................38 Chapter 2: Leisure at the Biological Level ................... 9 References ............................................................................ 39 Bryan McCormick Affiliation and Social Behavior as Biological Phenomena .....9 Chapter 6: Psychology of Leisure, Positive Psychology, The Neuroanatomy of Pleasure......................................... 10 and “Psychologizing” Leisure Theory ..................... 41 Conceptualizing Pleasure in Leisure ................................12 Steven E. Mock, Roger C. Mannell, and Daniel Guttentag Conclusion .......................................................................... 13 Positive Psychology ............................................................ 41 References ............................................................................ 13 Leisure Studies, Psychology of Leisure, and Positive Psychology ........................................................................42 Chapter 3: Economic Decision Making in Leisure Potential Contributions of Positive Psychology to and Recreation ......................................................... 17 “Psychologizing” Leisure Theories ................................ 43 Chi-Ok Oh, Robert B. Richardson, and Geoff Lacher Conclusion .......................................................................... 45 The Relationship between Leisurehttp://www.sagamorepub.com/products/leisure-matters?src=lipdf and Economics ........17 References ............................................................................ 45 viii Leisure Matters: The State and Future of Leisure Studies 1.3 International Perspectives Chapter 7: Rethinking Sociological Leisure Studies for the Twenty-First Century ...................................49 Tony Blackshaw Chapter 12: Leisure in Africa ..................................... 93 The End of Sociological Leisure “Theory” ...................... 49 Maliga Naidoo The Sociologists of Leisure and their “Poor” .................. 51 The Concept of Leisure in Africa ..................................... 93 Interim Summary ............................................................... 52 The Influence of Colonization on Africa .........................94 Towards an Alternative Sociology of Leisure.................. 53 The Rise of African Nationalism through Sport Conclusion .......................................................................... 55 and Leisure ....................................................................... 95 References ............................................................................ 56 Urbanization and Leisure .................................................. 96 Leisure in Contemporary Africa ...................................... 96 1.2 Cognate Area Perspectives Challenges in Africa ...........................................................97 Conclusion .......................................................................... 98 References ............................................................................ 99 Chapter 8: Leisure, Health, and Physical Activity ..... 57 Jason N. Bocarro and Michael B. Edwards Chapter 13: Leisure in Australia and New Zealand ... 101 Researching Leisure and Health ....................................... 58 Simone Fullagar and Lee Davidson Frameworks for Understanding Leisure and Health ..... 58 Historical and Cultural Context .....................................101 Critiques of Research on Leisure and Health ................. 60 Changing Leisure Participation ......................................102 Critical Questions and Issues for the Future................... 61 Leisure and Cultural Participation .................................104 Conclusion .......................................................................... 62 Leisure Participation for All Citizens? ...........................105 References ............................................................................ 62 Conclusion ........................................................................ 107 References .......................................................................... 107 Chapter 9: Leisure and Religion/Spirituality .............67 Paul Heintzman Chapter 14: Leisure in East Asia .............................. 111 Synthesis of Empirical Research .......................................67 Huimei Liu, Monica Z. Li, Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Tetsuya Recreation Factors ..............................................................71 Onda, and Jin-Hyung Lee Conclusion .......................................................................... 73 Introduction ...................................................................... 111 References ............................................................................ 73 Leisure in China ............................................................... 111 Leisure in Japan ...............................................................