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Editors' Introduction
Jayne
Caudwell, Steve Redhead, Alan Tomlinson v
About the Contributors xiii
I Media Cultures: Leisure
Practices of Women and Young People 1
'Feminist thoughts may cause resentment. We must be very careful
with them.'
Three Makeover Stories
Sue
Thornham 3
Women's Identity and Consumption
of Health Discourses on the Internet
Lesley
Fishwick, Elizabeth Sillence, Pamela Briggs and Peter Harris
21
Sport and New Media Leisure
Technology
Donna
Wong 31
II Leisure and the Complexities
of Consumption 53
Explaining the Vicious Circle
of Overwork and Over Consumption
Tim
Robinson 55
Leisure and Consumption: Not
always the Same
Robert
A. Stebbins 67
Travelling Light in Hostile
Country: Mountaineering, Commitment and the Leisure Lifestyle
Lee
Davidson 77
The Changing Face of Gambling:
the Gambling Act (2005) and Working-Class Gambling Cultures
Carolyn
Downs 97
III Tourist Spaces: Traditional and Emerging Visitor and Travel
Attractions 121
From Boutique to Boho: The
Art of the Luxury Hotel
Nicky
Ryan 123
Live Entertainment at the
Seaside - How Far a Part of the Cultural Offer?
Steve
Hayler 135
Homeland Security Impact on
the Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Glyn
Bissix, Nick Baker, and Liesel Carlsson 143
The Importance of Developing
Networks in the Leisure Industry:
Attitudes to Competition along Australia's Murray River
Clare
Lade 165
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