This article explores the meanings associated with why people fish as a leisure pursuit.
Comparisons are drawn across gender and racial groups. Exploratory factor analyses reveal …

Problems of leisure constraints and issues of leisure behavior among ethnic/racial minorities
have been largely regarded as two distinct domains in leisure studies. However, it is difficult …

This book gathers together the state of the art in leisure science and studies, reflecting on a
wide range of material from the disciplines of sociology, psychology, economics, political …

In 1994 the American Leisure Research Symposium held a forum on the relevance of
leisure research. All three speakers at the forum strongly defended the notion that relevance …

Current demographic trends indicate population growth for racial and ethnic minority groups
in the US is increasing considerably faster than the rate for the nation's population as a …

I am troubled by the future of leisure studies. Some days it bothers me less than other days,
but I remain generally disturbed. I see things happening in the academic environment, in the …

Interdisciplinarity has the potential to reflect, assess, and even re-structure how social life is
experienced and understood. Interdisciplinarity presents a way not only to build upon and …

Gregorian calendars, love of linear and progressive forms, Christian beliefs, and fascination
with" new" beginnings all intermix to form the concept of millenium. Calendars emerging …

A little more than a decade ago, the Journal of Leisure Research (JLR) published a review
of the literature on leisure and families that made a number of recommendations for future …

The creation of knowledge within universities suffers from both over specialization and
parallel lines of inquiry and information dissemination, which never touch. Not only do the …