Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society?

Authors

  • Jiri Zuzanek University of Waterloo, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34019/2238-2925.2020.v10.32975

Abstract

Abstract: This text presents the book Veal, A.J. (2019) Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society? London: Routledge, 296 p. It shows the previous studies on leisure field, makes a balance of the area and an assessment of the book reviewed.

Keywords: Leisure; History; Social Change; Society.

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Author Biography

Jiri Zuzanek , University of Waterloo, Canada

PhD in Sociology (1970), Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Formerly held appointments in the University of Lund, Sweden, Queens College in New York, and the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Was Research Director of the UNESCO European Centre for Leisure and Education, Prague. Subjects of interest: areas: leisure, labor, human identity, social change, social integration, stratification, division of labor, well-being, society of leisure. Address: University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canadá [ zuzanek@uwaterloo.ca ].

Published

2020-12-13

How to Cite

Zuzanek , J. (2020). Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society?. Anais Brasileiros De Estudos Turísticos, 10(1, 2 e 3). https://doi.org/10.34019/2238-2925.2020.v10.32975