The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure

This Book Explores The New Politics Of Leisure And Pleasure In Relation To A Range Of Popular Activities. Current Generations In Western Societies Are Essentially Recipients Of The Changes That The Sixties - Fabled Decade Of Sex, Drugs And Rock N' Roll - Left Behind. In Their Leisure Lives - Whether Drinking, Reading, Surfing The Net, Taking Drugs, Going To A Comedy Gig, Watching Tv, Taking A Holiday, Downloading Music, Supporting A Football Club, Having A Bet, Having Sex Or Simply Roaming The Countryside - People Seem To Enjoy Unprecedented Freedoms. But What Are These Freedoms? How Are They Exercised? And To What Extent Have Traditional Controls Been Relinquished?--back Cover. Unforbidden Fruit : From Leisure To Pleasure / Peter Bramham And Stephen Wagg -- Choosing Leisure : Social Theory, Class And Generations / Peter Bramham -- Double Measures : The Moral Regulation Of Alcohol Consumption, Past And Present / Chas Critcher -- Outdoor Recreation And The Environment / Neil Ravenscroft And Paul Gilchrist -- Television, Deregulation And The Reshaping Of Leisure / Philip Drake And Richard Haynes -- Sex And The Citizens : Erotic Play And The New Leisure Culture / Feona Attwood -- Rituals Of Intoxication : Young People, Drugs, Risk And Leisure / Shane Blackman -- States, Markets And New Media : The Contemporary Politics Of Gambling / Jackie West And Terry Austrin -- Towards Web 3.0 : Mashing Up Work And Leisure / Andy Miah -- Tourist Bodies, Transformation And Sensuality / Annette Pritchard And Nigel Morgan -- 'they Can't Stop Us Laughing'; Politics, Leisure And The Comedy Business / Stephen Wagg -- Noughties Reading / Nicole Matthews -- Sport And Lifestyle / John Horne -- Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea : Music And Leisure In An Era Of X Factor And Digital Pirates / Brett Lashua -- Doublethink : 'deregulation', Censure And 'adult-sex' On Television / Julian Petley -- Afterword : Closing Reflections On The New Politics Of Leisure And Pleasure / Peter Bramham And Stephen Wagg. Edited By Peter Bramham And Stephen Wagg. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Introduction: Unforbidden Fruit: From Leisure to Pleasure......Page 12 1 Choosing Leisure: Social Theory, Class and Generations......Page 22 2 Double Measures: The Moral Regulation of Alcohol Consumption, Past and Present......Page 43 3 Outdoor Recreation and the Environment......Page 56 4 Television, Deregulation and the Reshaping of Leisure......Page 74 5 Sex and the Citizens: Erotic Play and the New Leisure Culture......Page 93 6 Rituals of Intoxication: Young People, Drugs, Risk and Leisure......Page 108 7 States, Markets and New Media: The Contemporary Politics of Gambling......Page 130 8 Towards Web 3.0: Mashing Up Work and Leisure......Page 147 9 Tourist Bodies, Transformation and Sensuality......Page 164 10 ‘They Can’t Stop Us Laughing’; Politics, Leisure and the Comedy Business......Page 180 11 Noughties Reading......Page 206 12 Sport and Lifestyle......Page 222 13 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Music and Leisure in an Era of X Factor and Digital Pirates......Page 236 14 Doublethink: ‘Deregulation’, Censure and ‘Adult-Sex’ on Television......Page 256 15 Afterword: Closing Reflections on the New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure......Page 279 Index......Page 281 Cover 1 Contents 6 Notes on Contributors 8 Introduction: Unforbidden Fruit: From Leisure to Pleasure 12 1 Choosing Leisure: Social Theory, Class and Generations 22 2 Double Measures: The Moral Regulation of Alcohol Consumption, Past and Present 43 3 Outdoor Recreation and the Environment 56 4 Television, Deregulation and the Reshaping of Leisure 74 5 Sex and the Citizens: Erotic Play and the New Leisure Culture 93 6 Rituals of Intoxication: Young People, Drugs, Risk and Leisure 108 7 States, Markets and New Media: The Contemporary Politics of Gambling 130 8 Towards Web 3.0: Mashing Up Work and Leisure 147 9 Tourist Bodies, Transformation and Sensuality 164 10 ‘They Can’t Stop Us Laughing’; Politics, Leisure and the Comedy Business 180 11 Noughties Reading 206 12 Sport and Lifestyle 222 13 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Music and Leisure in an Era of X Factor and Digital Pirates 236 14 Doublethink: ‘Deregulation’, Censure and ‘Adult-Sex’ on Television 256 15 Afterword: Closing Reflections on the New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure 279 Index 281 0230216838,9780230216839 Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship. This book explores the new politics of leisure and pleasure in relation to a range of popular activities. Current generations in Western societies are essentially recipients of the changes that the Sixties -- fabled decade of sex, drugs and rock n' roll - left behind. In their leisure lives -- whether drinking, reading, surfing the net, taking drugs, going to a comedy gig, watching TV, taking a holiday, downloading music, supporting a football club, having a bet, having sex or simply roaming the countryside -- people seem to enjoy unprecedented freedoms. But what are these freedoms? How are they exercised? And to what extent have traditional controls been relinquished?