The Meaning of Leisure : Definitions and Practices among Migrant and Non-Migrant Women in an Urban Space

• Main Author: Sandoval, Vania L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Ethnology.; Ethnography.; Sports > Sociological aspects.; Emigration and immigration.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319597522
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59752-2
• Physical Description: XIII, 218 p. 14 illus. in color. online resource.

This book deals with the concept of leisure and the everyday leisure practices of a group of diverse single women in an urban setting-Mannheim, Germany. Vania Sandoval focuses on how social structure and individual choices relate to each other in the local context. Initially, the book considers the...