This book is a 'back to the future' examination of traditional leisure as experienced by peoples from countries around the world. The stories and accounts narrated in the essays are a (re)discovery of core leisure values, and these remind us to focus on the essence of leisure while discerning the superficial and the meaningless. The idea that affluent societies formulated more meaningful leisure concepts and practices due to the greater availability of free time and resources has not come to fruition in recent decades. In ...
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This book is a 'back to the future' examination of traditional leisure as experienced by peoples from countries around the world. The stories and accounts narrated in the essays are a (re)discovery of core leisure values, and these remind us to focus on the essence of leisure while discerning the superficial and the meaningless. The idea that affluent societies formulated more meaningful leisure concepts and practices due to the greater availability of free time and resources has not come to fruition in recent decades. In fact, social-cultural changes in both Western and developing countries have created the need for a critical examination of leisure arising out of a concern that the values and benefits of leisure, as enshrined in earlier Western leisure theory, have been eroded, while those of traditional societies have not been given due credence. In this volume, contributors from developing societies address the issue of how traditional leisure forms are impacting modern practices a
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