Time, freedom and the self : the cultural construction of 'free' time / Michelle Shir-Wise.
2019
GV14.45 .S45 2019
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Title
Time, freedom and the self : the cultural construction of 'free' time / Michelle Shir-Wise.
Author
Shir-Wise, Michelle, author.
ISBN
9783030138417 (electronic book)
3030138410 (electronic book)
9783030138400
3030138410 (electronic book)
9783030138400
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 371 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-13841-7 doi
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GV14.45 .S45 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.4/812
Summary
While abundant research has investigated time use, much less attention has been given to the cultural meanings attached to free time and what these may express with regard to conceptions of freedom and the self. In an attempt to fill this gap, Michelle Shir-Wise examines not only what people do in their free time, but also how they perceive, interpret and experience it, and in what way it relates to notions of happiness, freedom and the ideal self. Time, Freedom and the Self draws on contemporary theoretical debates concerning the relation between discourse, cultural repertoires, subjective meaning and agency, as well as literature around the sociology of leisure, to inform a unique interpretation of free time ("disciplined freedom"), developed in the light of in-depth questionnaires and interviews with middle-class, middle-aged participants in suburban Israel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 23, 2019).
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Leisure studies in a global era.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Free time, culture and the self
What is Topaz?
Conceptual mapping : what is free time?
Quantitative mapping and subjective mapping : free time in practice
The prouctive self
The consuming self
The social self
The meaningful self
Contradictory free time, culture and freedom.
Free time, culture and the self
What is Topaz?
Conceptual mapping : what is free time?
Quantitative mapping and subjective mapping : free time in practice
The prouctive self
The consuming self
The social self
The meaningful self
Contradictory free time, culture and freedom.