| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 141 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Animals, leisure and status: some aspects of pet-keeping in the Middle Ages / John Simons -- Molyneux -- "Munix" the dancing man / Michael Hayes -- Contemporary carnival: Blackpool and the symbolic suspension of real-life / Jill Fernie-Clark -- Policeman on the case: Early chess in Lancashire and the Preston Guardian chess column 1879-83 / Tim Harding -- Identifying the British yachtsman, 1815 to 1939 / Roger Ryan -- "Wonders in nature and art": Reynold's Museum of Curiosity and the Lime Street entertainment industry in Liverpool, 1860-1900 / Vaness Toulmin -- Popular theatre and revolutionary identity: Anarchist and communist culture in Paris, 1900-1934 / The Last Adventurers: a case study of British cinema and the creation of identity in the 1930s / Roger Spalding -- "Doing the right thing": Harry Belafonte as a political and civil rights activist / Kevern Verney |
| Summary |
This wide-ranging collection of essays seeks to challenge the 'common-sense' assumption that entertainment activities have no function but to fill up otherwise empty moments. As such it builds on the term - coined by the Victorians - 'Recreation', and argues that in the entertainments people pursue they do not simply divert themselves, but actively create and re-create their identities. The collection shows this process can only take place for those who enjoy the benefits of leisure; hence, .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Leisure -- Great Britain -- History
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Leisure -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
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Amusements -- Great Britain -- History
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Amusements -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
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Sociology: sport & leisure.
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The self, ego, identity, personality.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Amusements
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Amusements -- Social aspects
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Leisure
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Leisure -- Social aspects
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Spalding, Roger
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Brown, Alyson
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| LC no. |
2008378950 |
| ISBN |
9781443807241 |
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1443807249 |
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9786612191008 |
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6612191007 |
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1282191004 |
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9781282191006 |
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