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Emotional Reporting and Leisure. Newsmedia,Crime and Entertainment in Italy
No full textThe article describes the emerging of emotional reporting in Italy, focusing on the success of crime news and dramatic perspective in journalism
The Naturist Constellation in Europe
No full textThe present study introduces some reflections on possible approaches to the phenomenon of naturism. Our investigation starts from the main consideration that this phenomenon is now transiting from its subcultural and countercultural origin—that depended on the history of Western countries—to a new stage of consumption and legalization
Sociabilty and Leisure in Italy from Unity to Present
No full textThe Italian history of the practices and forms of leisure relies on a series of solid and well credited, albeit recent, studies (Pivato and Tonelli, 2001; Cavazza, 2003, 2005; Cavazza and Scalpellini, 2006; Tarozzi and Viani, 1992). In this chapter we mostly draw from this literature in order to interpret the history of leisure as the history of change in the Italian forms of sodalité, sociabilité and socialité across 150 years (from unity to present). In the first part, by using a specific interpretative scheme (Lo Verde, 2009), we describe the forms and practices of leisure and their changes in three different historical periods which basically coincide with the three different regimes established in Italy after the unity in 1861: the liberal post-unity period, the fascist period and the republican post-world war II period. In the second part we discuss some findings from empirical evidence on the most recent leisure consumption practices in Italy arguing that in our country too there seems to emerge a tendency to privatized and individualized leisure
Lunchboxes, Health, Leisure and Well-Being: Analysing the Connections
No full textExisting research exploring children’s lunchboxes highlights how this everyday object ‘is a container for various aspects of the private and the public’ (Metcalfe et al., Children’s Geographies 6(4):403–412, 2008), such as schools’ initiatives to enforce the government’s healthy eating policy. Although existing studies provide useful insights into the complexity of discourses and practices surrounding the preparation and consumption of lunchboxes, they provide few insights into the relationship between lunchboxes and leisure. Drawing on photo-elicitation interviews with British parents who regularly prepare lunchboxes for their children aged 9–11, this chapter argues that important interconnections between lunchboxes and leisure can be identified. Firstly, parents intend the food they provide to act as a leisure experience, a break from the pressures of school, ‘something to look forward to’ and a way of reminding them of home. Providing ‘treats’ for children (such as chocolate) is part of this, although this may bring parents into conflict with guidance from the school. Secondly, lunchboxes must fit in with children’s current leisure activities taking place in their lunch-hour. Therefore, parents avoid including foods which are difficult to open or take too long to consume which could prevent children from engaging in sport, or playing with their friends, for example. Finally, lunchboxes should support children’s future leisure opportunities by providing nutrition and variety to support their growth and development
Book review : Leisure, health and well-being: a holistic approach
No full textBook review of Leisure, health and well-being: a holistic approach, edited by Zsuzsanna Benkő, Ishwar Modi, and Klára Tarkó, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017, 315 pp., 109€ (hardcover), ISBN 978-3-319-33256-7, 109€ (paperback), ISBN 978-3-319-81468-1, 93€ (E-Book), ISBN 978-3-319-33257-4
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