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Article: Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives.(Book Review)
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- Journal of Leisure Research
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives. Cara Carmichael Aitchison. London: Routledge Publishing, 2003.
"Gender" and "leisure" can no longer just be considered nouns used to describe a category of people and a segment of time. Instead, Cara Carmichael Aitchison tells readers that these words have shifted to verbs: Gender and leisure are practiced, achieved, and maintained. In Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives, Aitchison describes shifts in our understanding of gender and highlights the role of leisure as a significant site and process in the creation and contestation of gender relations.
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