Leisure, Sport, and Working Class Cultures

Theory and History

University of Toronto Press
Hart Cantelon, Robert Hollands, Alan Metcalfe, Alan Tomlinson
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This book fires a shot at the theoretical bastions that this society has erected around the concepts of "leisure" and "sport." The readings put the issue in a historical perspective to show that "sport" and "leisure" are part of and not separate from the control of the working class by capitalism.

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By Hart Cantelon, Robert Hollands, Alan Metcalfe, and Alan Tomlinson