Bob Snape
Biographic Data
| ID | 6302618 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bob Snape |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bob |
| FAMILY NAME | Snape |
| SIGNATURE | SNAPE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Greater Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Everyday leisure and happiness in worktown
This paper presents an analytical comparison of two surveys of subjective perceptions of leisure and happiness. The first was undertaken in 1938 by Mass Observation for its ethnographic study of everyday working-class life in Bolton, or “Worktown”. Leisure was found to be important to happiness insofar as it formed part of an everyday communal life, working through friendship, the appreciation of music and enjoyment of nature, reading and involve…
The Mass Observers
An organizational history of Mass Observation is long overdue and this book admirably succeeds in providing one. Covering the period from 1937 to 1949, it charts the inception and early development
The committed reader
The ubiquity of reading as a leisure activity is not proportionately reflected in the attention it has received within leisure studies. For almost 200 years, reading has been an international leisu
The meaning and purpose of leisure
by Karl Spracklen, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 175 pp., £52.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-230-20525-3 This book offers a timely defence of leisure as a theoretical concept and of leisure stu
Turning the tune
by Adam R. Kaul, Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2009, £47.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-84545-623-8 This book is based on an ethnographic study undertaken in the village of Doolin on the west coast of Ireland
Women, pleasure and the gambling experience
by Emma Casey, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, 148 pp., £55.00 (hardback), ISBN 978‐0‐7546‐4617‐4 This book is a welcome addition to the small but growing number of texts which treat gambling as a normat
Turning the tune
by Adam R. Kaul, Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2009, £47.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-84545-623-8 This book is based on an ethnographic study undertaken in the village of Doolin on the west coast of Ireland
Women, pleasure and the gambling experience
by Emma Casey, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, 148 pp., £55.00 (hardback), ISBN 978‐0‐7546‐4617‐4 This book is a welcome addition to the small but growing number of texts which treat gambling as a normat
The meaning and purpose of leisure
by Karl Spracklen, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 175 pp., £52.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-230-20525-3 This book offers a timely defence of leisure as a theoretical concept and of leisure stu
Turning the tune
by Adam R. Kaul, Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2009, £47.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-84545-623-8 This book is based on an ethnographic study undertaken in the village of Doolin on the west coast of Ireland
The committed reader
The ubiquity of reading as a leisure activity is not proportionately reflected in the attention it has received within leisure studies. For almost 200 years, reading has been an international leisu
The Mass Observers
An organizational history of Mass Observation is long overdue and this book admirably succeeds in providing one. Covering the period from 1937 to 1949, it charts the inception and early development
Everyday leisure and happiness in worktown
This paper presents an analytical comparison of two surveys of subjective perceptions of leisure and happiness. The first was undertaken in 1938 by Mass Observation for its ethnographic study of everyday working-class life in Bolton, or “Worktown”. Leisure was found to be important to happiness insofar as it formed part of an everyday communal life, working through friendship, the appreciation of music and enjoyment of nature, reading and involve…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (3 works)