The study of consumption has never seriously examined the role of leisure. This ambitious, agenda-setting study, provides the most in-depth examination of the relationship between the two to date, drawing on the serious leisure perspective and outlining a new conceptual framework for analyzing consumption for leisure.

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University of Calgary, Canada

Robert A. Stebbins

About the author

ROBERT A. STEBBINS is Faculty Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Canada. He has authored 30 books and written numerous articles. His publications include New Directions in the Theory and Research of Serious Leisure, Serious Leisure: A Perspective For Our Time, Between Work and Leisure, The Organizational Basis of Leisure Participation: A Motivational Exploration and Personal Decisions in the Public Square: Beyond Problem Solving into a Positive Sociology.

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Book Title: Leisure and Consumption
Book Subtitle: Common Ground/Separate Worlds
Authors: Robert A. Stebbins
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230244863
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22022-5Published: 28 August 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-24486-3Published: 28 August 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 177
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Regional and Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Sociology, general, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Popular Science, general

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

The Nature of Leisure and Consumption

Conspicuous Consumption

Consumption and Leisure in Context

Phase One: Shopping

Phase Two: Consuming the Purchase

Organizing for Consumptive Leisure

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