Abstract
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?
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure |
| Editors | Peter Bramham, Stephen Wagg |
| Place of Publication | Basingstoke |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 63-81 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780230216846 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2010 |