Positive Sociology of Leisure: Contemporary Perspectives

372 Pages·2020·4.638 MB·English

by  Shintaro Kono, Anju Beniwal, Priyanka Baweja, Karl Spracklen

LEISURE STUDIES IN A GLOBAL ERA
Positive Sociology of
Leisure
Contemporary
Perspectives
Edited by
Shintaro Kono · Anju Beniwal
Priyanka Baweja · Karl Spracklen
Leisure Studies in a Global Era
Series Editors
Karl Spracklen
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds, UK
Karen Fox
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
In this book series, we defend leisure as a meaningful, theoretical, framing
concept; and critical studies of leisure as a worthwhile intellectual and
pedagogical activity. This is what makes this book series distinctive: we
want to enhance the discipline of leisure studies and open it up to a richer
range of ideas; and, conversely, we want sociology, cultural geographies
and other social sciences and humanities to open up to engaging with
critical and rigorous arguments from leisure studies. Getting beyond con-
cerns about the grand project of leisure, we will use the series to demon-
strate that leisure theory is central to understanding wider debates about
identity, postmodernity and globalisation in contemporary societies
across the world. The series combines the search for local, qualitatively
rich accounts of everyday leisure with the international reach of debates
in politics, leisure and social and cultural theory. In doing this, we will
show that critical studies of leisure can and should continue to play a
central role in understanding society. The scope will be global, striving to
be truly international and truly diverse in the range of authors and topics.
Editorial Board: John Connell, Professor of Geography, University of
Sydney, USA; Yoshitaka Mori, Associate Professor, Tokyo University of
the Arts, Japan; Smitha Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Wellesley
College, USA; Diane M. Samdahl, Professor of Recreation and Leisure
Studies, University of Georgia, USA; Chiung-Tzu Lucetta Tsai, Associate
Professor, National Taipei University, Taiwan; Walter van Beek, Professor
of Anthropology and Religion, Tilburg University, The Netherlands;
Sharon D. Welch, Professor of Religion and Society, Meadville Theological
School, Chicago, USA; Leslie Witz, Professor of History, University of
the Western Cape, South Africa.
More information about this series at
http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14823
Shintaro Kono • Anju Beniwal
Priyanka Baweja • Karl Spracklen
Editors
Positive Sociology of
Leisure
Contemporary Perspectives
Editors
Shintaro Kono Anju Beniwal
University of Alberta Government Meera Girls College
Edmonton, AB, Canada Rajasthan, India
Priyanka Baweja Karl Spracklen
Rajasthan University Leeds Beckett University
Jaipur, India Leeds, UK
Leisure Studies in a Global Era
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Contents
1 Introduction to Positive Sociology of Leisure 1
Shintaro Kono, Anju Beniwal, Priyanka Baweja,
and Karl Spracklen
2 Positive Sociology: An Overview 13
Robert A. Stebbins
Part I Meanings of Leisure 27
3 Happiness and Perseverance: The Interplay of Emotional
Energies in Gray Dancing 29
Satu Heikkinen and Eva Alfredsson-Olsson
4 “One Can Make a Swing with a Rope and a Piece of
Wood”: The Positive Leisure Experience of Children
Living in the Informal Settlements of Soacha, Colombia 49
Andrea Diaz-Hernandez and Idurre Lazcano Quintana
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5 Anything Goes for Being Happy? A Qualitative Analysis
of Discourses on Leisure in Finland 67
Riie Heikkilä
6 An Evolving Leisure Practice: Home Climbing Walls as
a Case 87
Ko Fan Lee, Daniel Peretti, and Piin Shiuan Wu
Part II Ageing 107
7 The Complexity of Sport-as-Leisure in Later Life 109
Julie Son and Rylee A. Dionigi
8 Leisure and Late Adulthood: Examining the Benefits of
Participation during Retirement 125
Thomas Sweeney and Jennifer Zorotovich
9 Life-Course Transitions and Leisure in Later Life:
Retirement Between Continued Productivity and Late
Freedom 137
Anna Wanka
Part III Sex, Sexuality, and Family 157
10 Same-sex Pairings on Strictly Come Dancing: LGBTQ+
Identity and Leisure Participation in Ballroom Dancing 159
Vicki Harman and Yen Nee Wong
11 The Intersection of Leisure and Racial Socialization to
Promote Positive Practices 175
Augustus W. Hallmon and Desirée Y. McMillion
12 Sex as Leisure for the Japanese Women 195
Maki Hirayama
Contents vii
Part IV Community, Youth, and Education 213
13 Positive Youth Development and Communities: Practices
that Work and the Potential for Community Development 215
Evan Webb
14 Evolving Societal Contributions of Leisure Education 239
Julie Son, Elizabeth Weybright, Megan Janke, and Laura Payne
15 Digital Gaming: A New Way of Programming Happiness
and Creativity in Youth 259
Anju Beniwal
16 Reflecting on Perceptions of Local Communities and
Visitors: Sustainable Heritage Leisure and Tourism 279
Charles Spring and Lisa Wakefield
Part V Arts and Creativity 295
17 Transformative Leisure and Play: Bringing Forth Our
Reason for Being 297
Susan Ross, Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Joshua Bauer, and
Paul Heintzman
18 Adolescent, Identity, and Community Art 315
Vaishali Sharma
19 Doodling: A Positive Creative Leisure Practice 333
Priyanka Baweja
20 Conclusion to Positive Sociology of Leisure 351
Shintaro Kono, Anju Beniwal, Priyanka Baweja, and
Karl Spracklen
Index 363
Notes on Contributors
Eva  Alfredsson-Olsson is associate professor in sociology at the
Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Karlstad University,
Sweden. She has been working at Karlstad University since 2001 and has
developed specific competence in the field of sociology of emotions,
organizational theory and analysis, and regional development such as
cross-border commuting and attractive living environment. She is also
doing research in the field of social problems, mental illness and addic-
tion/substance abuse. She has been involved in several research projects,
the most recent being about the social aspects of dancing in later life.
Joshua Bauer’s research focuses on the relationship between humans
and the natural environment. He focuses on the study of human ecology
that occurs primarily in the context of urban and developed settings,
looking specifically at recreation and leisure behaviour of urban and city
dwellers, and the relationship urban people have with the natural sur-
roundings in and around developed areas.
Priyanka Baweja has done her Masters in Anthropology and Post
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. She is a Certified Tutor for
Online Hybrid and Blended Education and also holds a Diploma in
Computer Arts and Jewelry Design and Manufacturing. She is a member
of ISA RC13. She has been working as a designer and design educator for
19 years. She is pursuing her PhD in Anthropology at the University of
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Rajasthan, India. Her area of interest is finding interdisciplinary collabo-
ration opportunities for design and creating a space where design, anthro-
pology and sociology meet. She has also presented papers on combining
art, technology leisure and Sustainability in national and international
conferences.
Anju  Beniwal has earned a PhD in Sociology and a Masters in
Anthropology and Sociology. She is Assistant Professor of Sociology at
Government Meera Girls College Rajasthan, India. Her area of interest is
Leisure Studies. She is the author of seven books, fifty papers and book
chapters covering different aspects of society. She is an active member in
the editorial/advisory/referee boards of various International journals and
has presented her views in more than fifty five conferences, both in the
country as well as abroad. She is the Board Member of RC13 of the ISA
and is also the editor of Global Leisure and the Struggle for a Better World.
Andrea Diaz-Hernandez is a PhD candidate at the Program Leisure,
Culture and Communication for Human Development at the University
of Deusto (UD), Spain. Diaz earned a Master’s degree in Crisis Analysis
and Humanitarian Action, and then worked as a language teacher in
several Colombian universities. In October 2016, she was awarded with
the funding program Cátedra UNESCO-Banco Santander addressed to
support young professors of Latin American universities. Since then, her
research interest has been in children’s leisure experiences. Recently,
Andrea visited University of Georgia (USA) as a visiting scholar along
with Professor Douglas Kleiber.
Rylee A. Dionigi has written widely in the fields of sport sociology, age-
ing and physical activity, health, exercise psychology and leisure studies.
She has expertise in qualitative methodologies and knowledge on the per-
sonal and cultural meanings of sport, leisure and exercise participation in
later life. She (with Michael Gard) co-authored an edited book with
Palgrave Macmillan, entitled, Sport and Physical Activity Across the
Lifespan: Critical Perspectives. This collection problematizes health
promotion and related policy trajectories across the lifespan from a criti-
cal social science perspective. Overall, she calls for acceptance of diversity
and difference in the ways in which people age.