Rudolf G. Wagner

Catherine V. Yeh

Eugenio Menegon

Robert P. Weller

This volume offers eight studies on different historical and present-day aspects of leisure in Asia. It critically engages with the predominant Eurocentric focus of leisure studies, bringing into the discussion a number of crucial issues such as the role of leisure as a transcultural contact zone. The volume engages with a field that has been rapidly growing due to the heightened role of leisure activities in defining a person‚Äôs identity, the fading of the work/leisure divide in the post-industrial age, and the increasing economic importance of leisure pursuits such as tourism. Bringing Asia into the discussion contributes in resetting the study of leisure into a truly global context.  Abstract in other languages

Testing the Margins of Leisure

Rudolf G. Wagner, Catherine V. Yeh, Eugenio Menegon, Robert P. Weller

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