Children, Families and Leisure

Herausgeber: Schänzel, Heike; Carr, Neil

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This international and multi-disciplinary compilation of recent research into children and families examines progress made and challenges ahead for leisure studies. It was originally published as a special issue of Annals of Leisure Research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781138309227
• ISBN-10: 1138309222
• Artikelnr.: 50555825

Autorenporträt

Heike Schänzel is a senior lecturer in International Tourism Management at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Research interests include tourist behaviour and experiences, sociality in tourism, and theory development in tourism and hospitality. Neil Carr is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago as well as the Editor of Annals of Leisure Research. His research focuses on understanding behaviour within tourism and leisure experiences; with a particular emphasis on animals, children and families, and sex.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction: Children, Families and Leisure 2. Family leisure, opening a
window on the meaning of family 3. Towards a model of optimal family
leisure 4. Parents and children consuming the city: geographies of family
outings across class 5. Leisure in a world of
'com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter, puter games': a father and
son conversation 6.Negotiating the climb: a fictional representation of
climbing, gendered parenting and the morality of time 7. 'We have not seen
the kids for hours': the case of family holidays and free-range children 8.
A review of gay and lesbian parented families' travel motivations and
destination choices: gaps in research and future directions 9. Intersection
of family, work and leisure during academic training 10. Family Leisure and
the Coming Out Process for Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Children 11. Family
experiences of visitor attractions in New Zealand: differing opportunities
for 'family time' and 'own time' 12. Understanding ambivalence in family
leisure among three-generation families: 'It's all part of the package' 13.
Families in the forest: guilt trips, bonding moments and potential
springboards 14. Celebrating the family abroad: the wedding tourism
experience 15. More than putting on a performance in commercial homes:
merging family practices and critical hospitality studies