Notes From A Leisure Son

Expanding An Understanding of Whiteness in Leisure

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10137546
AutoresRasul A Mowatt (0000-0003-4177-0725, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume41
Fascículo4
Páginas511-528
Data de publicação2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Leisure Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2216 • E-ISSN: 2159-6417
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00222216.2009.11950188
OpenAlexW1450044817
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas33
Referências citadas76

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

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