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Article: Downshifting: Regaining the Essence of Leisure.
- Article from:
- Journal of Leisure Research
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
- Author:
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KEYWORDS: Leisure behavior, leisure meaning, commodification, consumerism
"The parameters for success are changing in the United States and Europe by the followers of the downshifting movement, a movement that attempts to give back the pleasure to life with the philosophy that money is the means but not an end." (D[acute{I}]az, 1999)
The focus of this essay is to give the reader a brief review of the historical evolution of leisure and its changes through time. I will examine how contemporary notions of leisure have been shaped through the post-industrial revolution resulting in its commodification and consumerism. The intent of this paper is to raise ...