Notes From A Leisure Son

Expanding An Understanding of Whiteness in Leisure

Bibliographic Data

ID10137546
AuthorsRasul A Mowatt (0000-0003-4177-0725, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume41
Issue4
Pages511-528
Publication date2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Leisure Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2216 • E-ISSN: 2159-6417
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00222216.2009.11950188
OpenAlexW1450044817
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited76

Whiteness is a fundamental aspect of American society and because of this leisure research is as troubled as our own racialized identities. Whiteness becomes a problematic dimension in our discourse if unchallenged by not critically examining race within the context of power. Taking a stance that Whiteness exists in five politically based racial projects, enables leisure research to uncover the apparent and invisible ways that power exists in professional practices, public policy development, and accepted research paradigms in published works. Inspired by Notes From a Native Son and serving as a rejoinder to previous discussions on Whiteness and race, the aim here is to address Whiteness in leisure with a brief analysis of history, contemporary issues, and policy. With an expanded understanding of Whiteness, leisure research could be a liberating tool for social justice to usher new conceptions, new theories, and new approaches to instruction, programming, and understanding in the field.KEYWORDS: Racewhitenesssocial justicepoweridentity

Context (archaeology · Criminology · Critical race theory · Dimension (graph theory · Field (mathematics · Leisure studies · Political science · Power (physics · Race (biology · Recreation · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of leisure · Gender Studies · Law · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society