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Available from LSA Publications July 2006

LSA Publication No. 95

Serious Leisure:
Extensions and Applications

ISBN 1 905369 06 9 / 978 1 905369 06 5

eds. Sam Elkington, Ian Jones
and Lesley Lawrence

Non member ~ £27.00 +p/p
LSA Corporate (institutional) member ~ £22.00 +p/p
LSA Individual (private) member ~ £17.50 +p/p

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LSA No. 95 Contents

 


Editors' Introduction
      Sam Elkington, Ian Jones and Lesley Lawrence v

 

Extending the Serious Leisure Perspective
             Robert A. Stebbins 1

Volunteering, Obligation and Serious Leisure
      Kirsten Holmes 5

"Getting steamed up about leisure" ­ Aspects of Serious Leisure within the Tourism Industry
      Barry Worthington 19

Similarities and Differences Among Practitioners of Serious Leisure Pursuits
      Daniel Ezra and Alix Slater 33

Examining the Characteristics of Serious Leisure from a Social Identity Perspective
      Ian Jones 47

To Obsessively Go. Exploring Serious Leisure and the 'Other' Side of Leisure in Cult Fandom
      Lesley Lawrence 61

Local Politics and Serious Leisure: A Case Study From 1975
      Scott Fleming 85

Comedy Festival Attendance: Serious, Project-Based or Casual Leisure?
      Elspeth A. Frew 105

Replica Football Shirts: Serious or Casual Leisure?
      Jack Fawbert 123

Exploring the Nature of Pre and Post Flow in Serious Leisure
      Sam Elkington 145

About the Contributors 161

Other Volumes from LSA Publications 167