1 THE DISCIPLINE OF LEISURE: TAKING PLAY SERIOUSLY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. 1 THE DISCIPLINE OF LEISURE: TAKING PLAY SERIOUSLY 1
4. PART I SURVEYING THE SELF
5. 2 BOB, HOSPITAL BODYBUILDER: THE INTEGRITY OF THE BODY, THE TRANSITIVENESS OF ‘WORK’ AND ‘LEISURE’ 21
6. 3 OF METAPHORS AND MUSCLES: PROTESTANT ‘PLAY’ IN THE DISCIPLINING OF THE SELF 39
7. PART II TEMPORALITIES OF LEISURE
8. 4 AN ADVENTURE TOURIST EXPERIENCE 55
9. 5 REFRAMING PLACE, TIME AND EXPERIENCE: LEISURE AND ILLUSION IN MALLORCA 73
10. PART III ENACTING NATIONALITY
11. 6 ANIMAL AND HUMAN BODIES IN THE LANDSCAPES OF ENGLISH FOXHUNTING 89
12. 7 PLAYING LIKE CANADIANS: IMPROVISING NATION AND IDENTITY THROUGH SPORT 109
13. 8 A RELAXED STATE OF AFFAIRS?: ON LEISURE, TOURISM, AND CUBAN IDENTITY 127
14. PART IV TRANSCENDING THE NATION
15. 9 STAGED DISCIPLINE AS LEISURE: NOTES ON COLONIAL SOCIABILITY IN CAIRO 147
16. 10 BOWING ONTO THE MAT: DISCOURSES OF CHANGE THROUGH MARTIAL ARTS PRACTICE 171
17. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 187
18. INDEX 189