Women, leisure, and the family in contemporary society : a multinational perspective / edited by Nicole Samuel. - xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Ambiguity of Australian Women's Family Leisure: Some Figures and Refiguring -- Women's Leisure and the Family in Canada -- Women, Leisure and the Family in France: A Case of Liberte and Egalite? -- Women, Leisure and the Family in Contemporary Japan -- Leisure and Her Own Time: Italian Woman's Long March -- Spanish Women: Between Family and Autonomous Leisure -- Women's Leisure and the Family in Contemporary Britain -- Women, Leisure and the Family in the USA: A Critical Review -- The Leisure of Colombian Women in the City of Medellin: Impact of the Home and Family Environment -- The Moroccan Woman: The Dynamics of Sociocultural Time of Her Own -- Women's Leisure and the Family in Greece: Between Tradition and Modernity -- Time Allocation and Leisure Preferences of Women in Israel -- Women's Leisure and the Family in Indian Society -- Women's Leisure and the Family in Contemporary Malaysian Society -- Women and Leisure in Hong Kong: An Eastern-Western Synthesis -- Conclusion -- Author index -- Subject index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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Women--Recreation--Cross-cultural studies
Leisure
Family life surveys

GV183. / W656 1996

305.42