… who are caught between the work world of the professional and the casual leisure world of
the … of serious leisure in relation to predictions of greater unemployment and increased leisure …

… so if we turn our sights to amateurism or "serious" leisure. For Stebbins serious leisure is the
systematic pursuit by an amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer activity that is sufficiently substantial …

… Serious pursuits In this chapter serious leisure and devotee work are placed under the
heading of serious pursuits, as its two types. The present chapter explains this classificatory …

… leisure can also be defined residually as all leisure falling outside the three basic types of
serious leisure… of several basic elements of serious leisure theory and research. Except where …

… lifestyle and serious leisure in an individual’s leisure pursuit, and the importance of leisure
… participants’ serious leisure characteristics and which serious leisure characteristics are …

… their tried-and-true casual leisure habits. Soon or later psychological dyspepsia sets in. …
about the second major kind of leisure: serious leisure. This leisure—the de facto object of …

… the basics of serious leisure, then, in chapter 2, I review the research on serious leisure as
… In chapter 3 we look at the basics of casual and project-based leisure as well as the much …

… Nonetheless, the discussion in this section contributes to both the field of adult education
and that of leisure education by identifying the many serious leisure activities not ordinarily …

… This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the serious leisure perspective (SLP). The
… forms of leisure, known as serious leisure, casual leisure, and projectbased leisure. Part I …

… casual leisure, on the one hand, and work, on the other. The intermediate position of serious
leisure … relegates its current participants to the status of marginal men and women of leisure. …