Index

Robert A. Stebbins (University of Calgary, Canada)

Social Worlds and the Leisure Experience

ISBN: 978-1-78769-716-4, eISBN: 978-1-78769-713-3

Publication date: 30 October 2018

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Stebbins, R.A. (2018), "Index", Social Worlds and the Leisure Experience, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 91-94. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-713-320181006

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Copyright © 2018 Robert A. Stebbins


INDEX

Activities

core
, 4, 53

negative
, 5

positive
, 5

and social world
, 6–8

Activity stratification
, 54

Adult education
, 63–67

See also education

Adult learning
, 64

Amateurism
, 78

Artistic pursuits
, 35–36

Arts

culinary
, 36

folk
, 35, 59

martial
, 32

popular (entertainment)
, 35

volunteering
, 44

Big Brothers and Big Sisters International
, 44

Burn out

as mental state
, 56

as physical state
, 56

in volunteering
, 56

Card and knowledge games
, 70–71

Career volunteering
, 40, 78

Casual leisure
, 46–48

Casual leisure activities
, 75–76

Casual volunteering
, 40

Civic affairs, and volunteering
, 41

Cogitative pursuits
, 33–34

Collecting pursuits
, 37–40

Commercial publishing organizations
, 59

Communication
, 6–7

adult education
, 63–67

Dozens
, 71–72

ephemeral sources
, 67–68

events
, 68–69

games
, 70–71

jam sessions
, 70

networked sources
, 59–63

organizational sources
, 58–59

services
, 63

and their sources
, 58–72

workshops
, 69–70

Community libraries
, 34

Conspicuous consumption
, 54

Continuing education
, 64

See also education

Core activities

defined
, 4

excellence in
, 53

Culinary arts
, 36

See also arts

Culture
, 51–57

elements of
, 52–54

material
, 57

nonmaterial
, 57

or subculture
, 56–57

stratification
, 54–56

Devotee work
, 16–19

Dozens
, 71–72

Economic development, and volunteering
, 42

Education

adult
, 63–67

continuing
, 64

volunteering
, 41

Ephemeral sources
, 67–68

Ethos
, 20–21

Events
, 68–69

Fine, Gary
, 76

Folk arts
, 35, 59

See also arts

Games
, 70–71

Gig, defined
, 67

Gigging
, 67–68

Government, and volunteering
, 43

Government-supported organizations
, 66–67

Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
, 67

Guardian Angels
, 44

Health, and volunteering
, 42

Hedonic enjoyment
, 53

Helping out, as value
, 53

Hobbyism
, 78

Hobbyists
, 15

Human relationships, and volunteering
, 44

Indoor pursuits
, 32–33

Informal volunteering
, 45–46

Internet
, 7

Internet communications
, 7

Jam sessions
, 70

Journals
, 59

Kinesiology
, 5

Kouri, Mary
, 40, 46

Learning

adult
, 64

self-directed
, 64

Lee, Robert
, 61

Leisure

casual
, 46–48

social worlds of
, 80

Liberal arts hobbyists
, 15

Maffesoli, Michel
, 46–47

Magazines
, 59

Martial arts
, 32

See also arts

Material culture
, 57

Mead, G. H.
, 78

Mentoring
, 44

Missionary work
, 42

Munro, Thomas
, 35

Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming
, 77

Natural environment, and volunteering
, 43

Nature challenge activities (NCAs)
, 28–31

Necessities
, 41

Networked sources
, 59–63

Newsletters
, 59

Nonmaterial culture
, 57

North American Mycological Association
, 77

Occupational devotees
, 17

Occupational devotion
, 17–18

Olmsted, Allan
, 38

Organizational sources
, 58–59

Organizational support services
, 45

Overs, Robert
, 38

Paper hobbyist magazines
, 59

Personal acquisition
, 37

Politics, and volunteering
, 43

Popular (entertainment) arts
, 35

See also arts

Primacy of the social world
, 8–10

Professional-amateur-public (P-A-P) system of relationships
, 13–14

Project-based activities
, 7

Project-based leisure
, 7–8

Recognition

as measure of excellence
, 54

as value
, 53–54

Recreation, and volunteering
, 45

‘regular gig’
, 68

Religion, and volunteering
, 42

Safety, and volunteering
, 43–44

Science, and volunteering
, 41

Self-directed learning (SDL)
, 64

Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure (SLIM)
, 21, 78

Serious leisure perspective (SLP)
, 1, 11

involvement scale
, 20

Serious pursuits
, 11–16, 28–31

durable benefits
, 20

environmental conditions and
, 28–31

ethos and social world
, 20–21

indoor
, 32–33

outdoor
, 28–31

persevere
, 19–20

six qualities
, 19–22

stratification and
, 54–56

Services, and communications
, 63

Shibutani, Tomatsu
, 78

Smith, Derek
, 39

Social networks
, 59–60

Social stratification
, 55

Social worlds

activity and
, 6–8

casual vis-à-vis serious
, 75–78

concept of
, 2–5

defined
, 6

of leisure
, 80

primacy of
, 8–10

Spiritual development

defined
, 42

volunteering
, 42

Stokowski, Patricia
, 61

Stratification

activity
, 54

culture and
, 54–56

social
, 55

Strauss, Anselm
, 78–79, 80

Subculture
, 56–57

Taste-based tribes
, 47

UNESCO
, 63

Unruh, David
, 21, 78–79, 80

Urban Dictionary
, 67–68

Value(s)
, 53

helping out as
, 53

recognition as
, 53–54

Venue conditions
, 32

Volunteering
, 40–46

as altruism
, 40

altruism and
, 16

arts
, 44

burn out in
, 56

career
, 40, 78

casual
, 40

civic affairs
, 41

economic development
, 42

education
, 41

government
, 43

health
, 42

human relationships
, 44

informal volunteering
, 45–46

natural environment
, 43

necessities
, 41

organizational support services
, 45

politics
, 43

recreation
, 45

religion
, 42

safety
, 43–44

science
, 41

self-interest and
, 16

as self-interestedness
, 40

SLP and
, 15–16

spiritual development
, 42

types of
, 13

Volunteers

types of
, 13

Wikipedia
, 67

Work-related core activities
, 4

Workshops
, 69–70