{"product_id":"9783031488382","title":"Leisure Studies in a Global Era: A Historical Ethnography of Technology, Self, Body, and Nature","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLeisure Studies in a Global Era: A Historical Ethnography of Technology, Self, Body, and Nature\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eTzanakis, Manolis\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book provides a historical-sociological analysis of recreational scuba diving practices. Starting from a national case study, Greece, the book analyzes the gradually evolving global institutional arrangements of this version of underwater recreational activities. Based on the author’s experience as a former diving instructor and on an historical and sociological research of scuba diving in Greece, the book examines the stages of institutionalization of scuba diving as a leisure practice on a global scale, from 1945 to the present day. It combines two traditions: the phenomenological approach of underwater multisensory embodied experience and tourism studies. The two main research questions that the project answers are (a) how scuba diving has historically been shaped as a leisure activity, (b) how has underwater experience been conceptually shaped as a leisure activity. This case is an excellent example for exploring the relationship between society, technology, body and modern practices of self in the late modernity world, under a phenomenological and historical perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2024-01-24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031488382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-48839-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 304\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44676903141516,"sku":"9783031488382","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031488382_8e2dc94c-be4d-4df9-840a-4b7ee0ebfeab.jpg?v=1772933245","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031488382","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}