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The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure by Peter Bramham; Stephen Wagg; Palgrave Connect (Online service) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. Unforbidden Fruit : From Leisure To Pleasure / Peter Bramham And Stephen Wagg -- Choosing Leisure : Social Theory, Class And Generations / Peter Bramham -- Double Measures : The Moral Regulation Of Alcohol Consumption, Past And Present / Chas Critcher -- Outdoor Recreation And The Environment / Neil Ravenscroft And Paul Gilchrist -- Television, Deregulation And The Reshaping Of Leisure / Philip Drake And Richard Haynes -- Sex And The Citizens : Erotic Play And The New Leisure Culture / Feona Attwood -- Ritu

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Peter Bramham; Stephen Wagg; Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan : [distributor] Not Avail
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9780230299979
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Sports, Engineering, Science

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