Leisure Re-Socialization Among Immigrants in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12048747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jarmila L A Horna, J Horna (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-110 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3436 • E-ISSN: 1705-0154 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07053436.1980.10715127 |
| OpenAlex | W2108035247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Based on the data from a survey utilizing a mailed questionnaire and a series of informal interviews, this case study deals with a change in leisure patterns as experienced by two immigrant groups in Western Canada. This change resulted from several environmental and socio-economic factors, especially an availability of good sports and recreation facilities, a relative lack of high culture, downward social mobility of these immigrants, and a lack of both discretionary time and discretionary income. In addition, respondents' satisfaction with Canada and dual ethnic identity played an important role. The change consisted of four basic shifts: (1) decrease in the quantity of discretionary time; (2) a lesser diversity of leisure activities, with decreased participation in culture and increased outdoor sport and recreation involvement; (3) change in the meaning of, and satisfaction with leisure activities pursued in Canada; and (4) a transfer of the central locus of leisure and of the composition of participants to the nuclear family. It is hypothesized that these specific groups were not undergoing the process of leisure de-socialization and re-socialization. They accepted complementary, not compensatory leisure activities
Demographic economics · Ethnic group · Identity change · Immigration · Leisure activity · Political science · Recreation · Socialization · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 2020 (40) |
| Highly cited | No |