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March 2008

LSA Publication No. 102

Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society: Media, Consumption and Spaces

ISBN 978 1 905369 13 3

eds. Paul Gilchrist and Belinda Wheaton

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LSA No. 102 Contents

Editors' Introduction . . . Paul Gilchrist and Belinda Wheaton v

Rout(e)ing the Leisure Project . . . Peter Bramham 1


Whose course is it? Planning a Curriculum for Employers and Higher Education
                    Deborah Pownall and Chaika Harrison 13

Regulating Fatness: Moving Bodies in a Post-Work Society
                    Melinda Young 29

The Impact of the Physical Leisure Environment on Client Adherence
                    Don Cock, Iain Adams, Adrian Ibbetson and Phil Baugh 47

'Working Out': The Role of Exercise in the Quest for Career Success
                    Amanda Waring 73

Working Hard at Leisure is Professional: The BMX Freestyle Cycling Pro
                    Wade Nelson 93

Understanding the Importance of Leisure at the End of Modernity: Habermasian Rationalities and Actions and the Future of Leisure Studies
                    Karl Spracklen 103

Understanding a Tennis Hotspot through Sports Geography: The Case of Linlithgow
                    Fiona Reid 119

The Need for Theoretical Originality When Taking the Flow of Leisure Seriously
                    Sam Elkington 135

Know Thyself? Assimilating the Classical Leisure Ideal, Self-actualisation, Flow Experience, and Existential Authenticity
                    Scott A. Cohen 165