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Leisure and Pleasure by Caroline Daley (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAuckland University Press

ISBN-10186940291X

ISBN-139781869402914

eBay Product ID (ePID)22038674862

Product Key Features

Number of Pages200 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLeisure and Pleasure

SubjectSociology / General, Australia & Oceania, Popular Culture, Customs & Traditions

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTravel, Social Science

AuthorCaroline Daley

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight23.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

IllustratedYes

SynopsisThis exploration of an unexpected aspect of New Zealand social history examines the human body at leisure in the years 1900-1960. This book studies bodybuilding, especially the famous strongman Eugen Sandow; growing ideas about fitness, health, and exercise; the rise of beauty contests; the culture of the beach and the pool; nudism; and children's play and the appearance of playgrounds. The central aim is to explore how bodies--men's, women's and children's--were shaped and displayed through various leisure pursuits in 20th-century New Zealand., This engaging title explores the modern body at leisure, a very unexpected aspect of New Zealand social history. The leisure and pleasure lives of modern Australasians were intimately connected with global developments throughout the twentieth century, whether this meant watching an international strongman perform in his leopard-skin knickers or looking to the Hitler Youth Movement for inspiration.