Download or read book Leisure and Consumption written by R. Stebbins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of consumption has never seriously examined the role of leisure. This ambitious, agenda-setting study, provides the most in-depth examination of the relationship between the two to date, drawing on the serious leisure perspective and outlining a new conceptual framework for analyzing consumption for leisure.