Leisure: The importance of being inconsequential

Leisure Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-20

  Roberts, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Identities; Leisure theory; Society of leisure; Well being

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; LEISURE INDUSTRY;

EID: 78751533866     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2010.506650     Document Type: Article

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