Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2014
(204 p.).
Leisure studies in a global era.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Serious Leisure Perspective; 2 Starting a Fulfillment Career; 3 Amateurism as a Route to Fulfillment; 4 Finding Fulfillment in a Hobby; 5 Fulfilling Careers in Volunteering; 6 Professional Devotee Work; 7 Hobbyist and Volunteer Devotee Work; 8 The Positive Quest for Fulfillment: Shadows; Notes; References; Index.
Using the concept of fulfilment and the framework of the serious leisure perspective, this book examines the signposts marking the fulfilment career. This career begins with an interest in a serious pursuit, leading to an efflorescence many years later in amateurism, hobbyism, volunteering, or devotee work - and ultimately deeper fulfilment.