How Leisure Shapes and Is Shaped by Society
Leisure both shapes and is shaped by society, and is such is both an independent variable (which does the shaping) and a dependent variable (which is shaped by various elements in society which act as independent variables). This discussion of the role of leisure in society has been primarily led by sociologists, using both structure-functional and symbolic interactionist approaches, as discussed by John R. Kelly in “Leisure and Society: A Dialectical Analysis.
Characteristics of LeisureIn “Motivational Foundations of Leisure” by Seppo E. Iso-Ahola and “Pathways to Meaning-Making Through Leisure-Like Pursuits in Global Contexts” by Yoshitaka Iwasaki, both authors are grappling with distinguishing leisure from other aspects of human life. To this end, they are trying to describe the basic characteristics that identify something as leisure as opposed to something not being leisure. However, the big problem for both of them is the elusive definition of “what is leisure,” since it is difficult to describe its characteristics if it hard to distinguish leisure from what is not leisure. This problem is made even more difficult in modern society, in that there is something of a continuum between leisure and non-leisure, with many activities seeming like a mix of the two.
Why Child Exploitation and Obscenity HappensThere is no place like home as most people believed and can proved that. A home is where the family dwells and is composed of parents and child or children. In the family, parents have their obligation to tend to. How important is it to educate the children and send them to school to learn what they ought to learn during their childhood. The home is the best place actually to train and teach each child. Child Exploitation and Obscenity happens when parents failed to express love, care and lack commitment to fulfill their obligation towards their child or children.
The Real Earl of DoncasterIn the town of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, UK, there is a Hotel by the name of ‘The Earl of Doncaster’. Is this establishment named after an actual person or is it just a fanciful name? The editor of the community website Discover Doncaster goes in search of the Real Earl of Doncaster.
Stigmatisation of Orphans and Vulnerable PeopleHIV related stigma is often layered upon pre-existing stigmas concerning socially marginalized and vulnerable groups (injecting drug users, men who have sex with men, commercial sex workers, women, and children). Conversely, people living with AIDS may become implicitly associated with stigmatized behaviors, regardless of how they became infected. So once there is a stigmatizing environment, all sufferers from the AIDS scourge are looked at through tinted lenses and they are subjected to more suffering even from their family and friends.
The Effects of Society on Business – A Canadian Pardons ExampleAnalysis of how society has affected the business world, using Canadian pardons companies as an example. Discusses how people are affected by what society tells them is normal and abnormal.
The De-Socialization of AmericaHas our society lost something? Has the societal glue that binds us lost its adhesive quality? What is going on? The character and societal values so prized by previous generations, and so crucial to our development, seem less evident today. If this is true, where will it lead us?
Bangkok Street ChildrenLife under globalization’s towering shadow is certainly not an easy one for many of Bangkok’s less well off residents, and this is no better illustrated than in the lives of the many street children of Bangkok. Forced to work often not just to feed themselves, but also their families as well. All of these children come from poor families, either broken homes or homes where sick parents are unable to work. With Thai society offering little in the way of state welfare, families and children forced into such poverty have little choice but to send the kids out on the streets of Bangkok to work.
The Real Zombies of Haitian VoodooHaiti has always been one of those places that you keep hearing that some of the most weird and most bizarre of things keep happening. In recent times Haiti has been affected by a mass amount of cases of people turning into zombies.
Who Were The Saxons And The Normans?It’s sometimes thought that the Norman ruling class, the mail-clad cavalry warrior, was a breed apart. First in Normandy and then later in England, after Hastings, it’s seen as a ‘them and us’ situation. This isn’t strictly true. In England especially, the defeated Saxons were in the main considered ‘commoners,’ and largely socially ignored.
Help Children Feel The Love This ChristmasIf we will not set aside our apathy, more and more children will keep on experiencing the consequences of child abuse, neglect, and homelessness that may lead them to become incompetent and unproductive citizens in the future. Good thing there are some ways wherein we can help them alleviate the emotional despair they are in right now and give them a chance to enjoy their childhood through car donation.
Distances In The Age Of CommunicationThis is pure personal feelings. Modern communication devices have done a very good job but they are also doing things, which they never intended. The gap among the family members is indeed a worrying sign and should be bridged as quickly as possible.
