Tag: emotions

This special issue intends to spark a revival of emotional discussions (and discussions about emotions) in leisure by drawing from a wide range of contexts, theoretical perspectives, and methodological considerations. Further research can provide greater understandings about both the individual and social processes by which leisure can contribute to (or be a detriment to) more holistic understandings of emotions.

According to Denzin (1984), ‘the centrality of emotions at all levels of social life – micro, macro, personal, organisational, political, economic, cultural, and religious – is indisputable’ (p. xiii). Indeed, it has been argued that emotions are never absent from our relationships with, and connections to, other people and the world in which we live (Crossley, 2011). They are,...

According to Denzin (1984), ‘the centrality of emotions at all levels of social life – micro, macro, personal, organisational, political, economic, cultural, and religious – is indisputable’ (p. xiii). Indeed, it has been argued that emotions are never absent from our relationships with, and connections to, other people and the world in which we live (Crossley, 2011). They are,...