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This new volume is now available from LSA Publications.

 

Leisure Cultures:
Investigations in Sport, Media and Technology

LSA Publication No. 79
eds. Scott Fleming and Ian Jones

ISBN 0 906337 90 9; paperback, 233pp

Non member ~ £36 (+p/p)
LSA Corporate (institutional) member ~ £31 (+p/p
LSA Individual (private) member ~ £26 (+p/p

Payment may be made by credit card or by cheque.
Please contact LSA Publications for purchase details:
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The Chelsea School, University of Brighton
Eastbourne BN20 8AS (UK)

Other volumes in this series:
76 Sport Tourism: Principles and Practice

77 Leisure Studies: Trends in Theory and Research
78 Partnerships in Leisure: Sport, Tourism and Management


LSA No. 79 Contents

  • Leisure Cultures: Investigations in Sport, Media and Technology ~ Introduction
    . . . Scott Fleming and Ian Jones

Section One

  • The Gendering of Computer Gaming: Experience and Space
    . . . Jo Bryce and Jason Rutter
  • The Global, the Local and the Subcultural: Virtual Communities and Popular Music in Singapore
    . . . Yasser Mattar
  • "These are the Voyages ": Issues Around Interaction in Real and Virtual Space Environments in Leisure
    . . . Lesley Lawrence

Section Two

  • Research with the Gloves On ~ An 'Insiders' Knowledge in the Critique of Competitive Boxing in England
    . . . Alex Stewart
  • Consuming Images of Lifestyle Sports
    . . . Belinda Wheaton and Becky Beal
  • 'Fair Play' in Elite Women's Field Hockey: An Ethnographic Case-study
    . . . Scott Fleming and Alison Williams

Section Three

  • The Culture of Market-Oriented and Televised Soccer in Israel: A State of Anomie
    . . . Natan Uriely and Abraham Mehrez
  • Leisure and the Civilising Process: A Case Study of the Herts Advertiser, 1900-2000
    . . . Ian Jones
  • Leisure Constraint Factors on the Recreational Sporting Activities of Participants and Non-participants in Iran
    . . . Mohammad Ehsani

Section Four

  • Sport, Body Performance and the Maintenance of 'Exclusive Masculinity'
    . . . Ian Wellard
  • Social Comparison and Self-Conscious Emotion: A Functional Perspective
    . . . Simon Dalley