Constraints on leisure
About: This article is published in Contemporary Sociology.The article was published on 1986-01-01. It has received 215 citations till now.
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TL;DR: A conceptual model of the core phenomenon and key themes in event tourism studies is provided as a framework for spurring theoretical advancement, identifying research gaps, and assisting professional practice as mentioned in this paper.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that leisure participation is dependent not on the absence of constraints but on negotiation through them, and that such negotiation may modify participation rather than foreclosing it.
Abstract: Virtually all past leisure constraints research has been based on a conception of constraints as insurmountable obstacles to leisure participation. Thus, it has typically been assumed that if an individual encounters a constraint, the outcome will be nonparticipation. This article elaborates an alternative view of constraints that has recently begun to appear in the literature, summarized in the central proposition that leisure participation is dependent not on the absence of constraints but on negotiation through them. Such negotiation may modify participation rather than foreclosing it. Evidence from the existing literature for the negotiation proposition is examined, and five additional propositions are defined concerning relative success in negotiating constraints, interactions between different types of constraints, and balance between constraints and motivations.
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TL;DR: In this article, an extended review of the field's evolution and development is presented, charting the growth of the literature, focussing both chronologically and thematically, forming the basis which signposts established research themes and concepts and outlines future directions for research.
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TL;DR: The authors examined three approaches to the analysis of women's leisure, and discussed ways in which the ideas and concepts from these different approaches can be integrated, and the first and dominant approach was the one presented in this paper.
Abstract: This paper examines three approaches to the analysis of women's leisure, and discusses ways in which the ideas and concepts from these different approaches can be integrated. The first and dominant...
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TL;DR: The nature and scope of festival studies is examined by compiling and analyzing a large-scale literature review of 423 research articles published in the English-language scholarly press as discussed by the authors, which have been annotated and their themes classified by reference to a pre-determined framework.
Abstract: The nature and scope of festival studies is examined by compiling and analyzing a large-scale literature review of 423 research articles published in the English-language scholarly press. These have been annotated and their themes classified by reference to a pre-determined framework. Identification and discussion of three major discourses was enabled by this method, namely the roles, meanings and impacts of festivals in society and culture, festival tourism, and festival management. Conclusions focus on revealed research gaps and the need for greater interdisciplinarity to advance the field of festival studies.
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