Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements The Nature of Leisure and Consumption Conspicuous Consumption Consumption and Leisure in Context Phase One: Shopping Phase Two: Consuming the Purchase Organizing for Consumptive Leisure Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

ROBERT A. STEBBINS is Faculty Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Canada. He has authored 30 books and written numerous articles. His publications include New Directions in the Theory and Research of Serious Leisure, Serious Leisure: A Perspective For Our Time, Between Work and Leisure, The Organizational Basis of Leisure Participation: A Motivational Exploration and Personal Decisions in the Public Square: Beyond Problem Solving into a Positive Sociology.