Children, families and leisure / edited by Heike Schanzel and Neil Carr. - ix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

1.Introduction: Special Issue on children, families and leisure / Neil Carr -- 2.Critical Commentary: Family leisure, opening a window on the meaning of family / Scott McCabe -- 3.Towards a model of optimal family leisure / Daniel L. Dustin -- 4.Parents and children consuming the city: geographies of family outings across class / Naomi Felder -- 5.Leisure in a world of ̀com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter-puter, puter games': a father and son conversation / Michael Wearing -- 6.Negotiating the climb: a fictional representation of climbing, gendered parenting and the morality of time / Emily Coates -- 7.Ẁe have not seen the kids for hours': the case of family holidays and free-range children / Bodil Stilling Blichfeldt -- 8.A review of gay and lesbian parented families' travel motivations and destination choices: gaps in research and future directions / Clare Weeden --9.Intersection of family, work and leisure during academic training / Stephanie Chesser -- 10.Family leisure and the coming out process for LGB young people and their parents / Austin G. Oswald -- 11.Family experiences of visitor attractions in New Zealand: differing opportunities for ̀family time' and òwn time' / Nora Korner -- 12.Understanding ambivalence in family leisure among three-generation families: Ìt's all part of the package' / Shannon Hebblethwaite -- 13.Families in the forest: guilt trips, bonding moments and potential springboards / Jade Bartlett -- 14.Celebrating the family abroad: the wedding tourism experience / Giovanna Bertella -- 15.More than putting on a performance in commercial homes: merging family practices and critical hospitality studies / Julie Seymour.

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Family recreation.
Leisure--Sociological aspects
Recreation--Sociological aspects

GV14.45 / .S3436 2016