Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. x, 210 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Young people today are remaining longer in education, and leave better qualified, if only to face unemployment rather than real jobs and progressive careers. Traditional gender divisions and roles are being challenged. In this third book in the new Leisure and Recreation series, Kenneth Roberts uses evidence from youth and leisure research to examine the way that young people are responding to these trends. His book combines theories of adolescence, of the role and growth of leisure, and of the sources and consequences of post-war youth cultures."--Back cover.

Series statement

1. Leisure and recreation studies ; 3

Uniform title

1. Leisure and recreation studies ; 3.

Subject

1. Young adults > Great Britain
2. Leisure > Great Britain
3. Social classes > Great Britain
4. Young adults > Recreation > Great Britain
5. Leisure
6. Social classes
7. Young adults
8. Young adults > Recreation
9. Freizeit
10. Freizeitgestaltung
11. Jugend
12. Vrije tijd
13. Jongeren
14. Sociale klassen
15. Great Britain
16. Großbritannien

Contents

1. Preface -- Introduction -- Youth and leisure in Britain since the Second World War -- Theories of youth and leisure -- Engendered leisure -- The adolescent procession -- Breaking out -- The traditional sociology of youth and social class -- The reappraisal of working-class youth cultures -- Youth unemployment -- Ethnic minorities -- Middle-class youth cultures -- Leisure services for young people -- Bibliography -- Index.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. [193]-205.