Anti-leisure in dystopian fiction: The literature of leisure in the worst of all possible worlds

Leisure Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-90

  Burnett, G Wesley ^a   Rollin, Lucy ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041110389     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026143600374761     Document Type: Article

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