Revisiting Family Leisure Research

Name: Revisiting Family Leisure Research
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138489950
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Critical Reflections on the Future of Family-Centered Scholarship

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Revisiting Family Leisure Research explores the impact of social, political, and economic changes on family interactions and leisure practices over the past twenty years. It addresses globalisation, economic challenges, shifting parenting ideologies, and technological advances to reframe family leisure scholarship. The book advocates for recognising diverse family constructions, including older adults, and the influence of recreation agencies and information communication technology on family leisure. It critically assesses dominant theoretical perspectives, emphasising the complexity and richness of family experiences.
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This book is ideal for scholars, researchers, and students in education, sociology, leisure studies, and family research seeking a comprehensive and contemporary overview of family leisure within modern societal contexts.

This book considers what advancements have been made in family leisure research over the past two decades and potential new directions for scholarship. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Leisure Sciences.

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There have been a number of social, political and economic shifts that have played a major role in constraining, enriching, mediating and altering everyday family interactions and family practices. These include globalization, economic instability, neoliberal government paradigms, a culture of consumerism, technological advancements, shifting demographics, and changing parenting ideologies.

Revisiting Family Leisure Research considers what advancements have been made in family leisure research over the past two decades within the context of a rapidly shifting society and examines potential new directions for scholarship. The book begins with an emphasis on the need for scholarship that explores diverse constructions of family and provides a call to action for family-centered scholars to engage with broader social issues.

A collection of authors argue the importance of expanding the understanding of family to include older adults, highlight the missing perspectives of recreation and leisure agencies in family scholarship, and examine the ways in which information communication technology may alter family leisure. Authors also consider the dominance of particular theoretical perspectives, and the limitations and consequences of such perspectives, to understand the complexity, diversity, and richness of the lived family experience.

The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of Leisure Sciences and an invited commentary in the Annals of Leisure Research.

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Lucia Cicero from the University of Udine praises the book for presenting multiple perspectives on family leisure research and addressing existing gaps. She highlights its value as a fundamental and up-to-date resource for deepening understanding of family leisure and its diverse aspects.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138489950

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 May 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Contributors:

Edited by Ruth Jeanes
Edited by Dawn Trussell
Edited by Elizabeth Such

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 362g

Pages: 104

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Dawn E. Trussell is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University, Canada. The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada has funded her research. She has written in the areas of family leisure, youth sport and transition to motherhood through a social justice lens. She is currently Vice President for the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies. Ruth Jeanes is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Her research focuses on the relationship between sport and social exclusion/inclusion. She has written in the areas of family leisure, with a particular focus on children’s voice and the mediating impact of gender, disability and culture on young people’s involvement in sport. She is currently president of the Australia and New Zealand Leisure Studies Association. Elizabeth Such is a Research Fellow at the School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK. Her research focuses on issues of health and social equity, and includes projects on leisure, physical activity, family life and marginalized populations. She served for many years on the Leisure Studies Association executive.