Abstract
Formal and informal divisions of labour can radically shape opportunities for the use of time and the types of leisure which are available to different groups. Leisure entails a set of activities clearly different from the world of work, yet ‘free’ time is much harder to find than we suppose. Clarifying who does or does not have leisure is particularly important for understanding who is ‘available’ to support health care in the home or who has easy access to healthy leisure activities.
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Appadurai, A. (ed.) (1986) The Social Life of Things - Commodities in Cultural Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Barthes, R. (1982) Empire of Signs, New York: Hill & Wang
The above books offer some insight into modern imagery and the commodification of most things
Falk, P. (1994) The Consuming Body, London, Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Mennell, S., Murcott, A. and van Otterloo, A.H. (1992) The Sociology of Food and Eating, London: Sage
These works offer an accessible overview of bodies and eating
Northrup, C. (1995) Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, London: Piatkus.
An excellent, readable book on holistic health for women which addresses many of the topics raised in this chapter
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Iphofen, R., Poland, F. (1998). The Costs of ‘Free’ Time. In: Campling, J. (eds) Sociology in Practice for Health Care Professionals. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13879-1_13
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