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Leisure Myths and Mythmaking (Hardcover)
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This book centralizes powerful leisure stories that may otherwise
be understood as myths-sometimes recognized, often less so-that
circulate in the field of leisure studies and beyond. In everyday
use, a myth perpetuates a popularly held belief that is false or
untrue. However, in social and cultural theories, myths are more
complex as partial truths that privilege particular versions of a
shared social reality. We see myth as having an "absent presence"
in leisure studies, and want to know what myths are, what they do,
and how they circulate and shape people's leisure lives. Myths can
do more than obfuscate; they often animate people's lives, motivate
collective action, and inspire change. As the chapters in this
edited volume explore in further detail, leisure myths and
mythmaking involve complex relations in the gaps between reality
and imagination-from the shared myths of musical legends to myths
of placemaking and communities, as well as from origin myths of
sport practices to fantasy and festivals, to the importance of
storytelling as mythmaking in tourism. In different ways, each of
these chapters alerts the readers to the "absent presence" of myths
and mythmaking in leisure research. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of Leisure Sciences.
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