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- Complicates problematic common explanations for differing conceptions/definitions of leisure
- Draws on extensive fieldwork to show how various women's views of leisure are shaped by particular experiences of migration and the urban spaces they inhabit
- Bridges migration studies and leisure studies while also combining rigorous empirical research with theory
Part of the book series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era (LSGE)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Mannheim, Germany
Vania L. Sandoval
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Meaning of Leisure
Book Subtitle: Definitions and Practices among Migrant and Non-Migrant Women in an Urban Space
Authors: Vania L. Sandoval
Series Title: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59752-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59751-5Published: 07 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86694-9Published: 22 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59752-2Published: 26 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3173
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3181
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 218
Number of Illustrations: 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ethnography, Social Anthropology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Migration