{"product_id":"leisure-in-later-life-von-tania-wiseman","title":"Leisure in Later Life","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eThis book analyses leisure choice as a complex concept, made more complicated\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003ein later life than at any other time. The author posits that there are many\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eunanswered questions about the new booming generation of healthy, older\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003epeople, and this book asks what it is really like to be old at the beginning of the\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e21st century in the United Kingdom, analysing leisure in older people in the\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003econtext of the subtle politics of the day to day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eThroughout the chapters, the author highlights the often missing depictions of\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eolder people who enjoy and enact bold, informed agency as part of their everyday\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003elives. Drawing upon secondary data from the Mass Observation Archive, a social\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003ethesis of leisure and ageing emerges that challenges the individualism inherent in\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e‘active ageing.’ It is proposed that the idea of ‘active ageing’ creates complex\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                constraints to leisure as people strive to measure up to cultural expectations. The\n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003estories in this book advocate for an appreciation and re-evaluation of passive\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eleisure in later life, and the enjoyment and freedom it can bring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003eThe project is therefore useful to students and researchers of leisure studies,\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003egerontology and sociology of ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                \u003cbr\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783030716714\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783030716745\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9783030716714","offer_id":39314358108253,"sku":"9783030716714","price":149.79,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover - 9783030716745","offer_id":40134950387805,"sku":"9783030716745","price":149.79,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/c146c6ac-75ea-4469-919d-b36631cad4c3.jpg?v=1772084640","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/leisure-in-later-life-von-tania-wiseman","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}