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{"title":"New age spectacles: Understanding the semiotics of cricket through Roland Barthes’ ‘The World of Wrestling’","authors":"Surya Nandana, SP Dhanavel","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2277717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2277717","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThough written in 1957, Roland Barthes’ ‘The World of Wrestling’ from Mythologies resonates with sports even today. As a choreographed fight between a pre-assigned hero and villain, wrestling plays out the archetypal moral narrative using the bodies of the participants. With exaggerated gestures and expressions, these bodies send clear messages to the surrounding audience, who aggressively cheer them on even as they know the fabricated nature of the entire event. This paper seeks to identify the semiotic structures underlying these performances using Barthes’ views on signification, denotation/connotation and ‘myth’. This framework is juxtaposed with contemporary cricket to illustrate how cricket adapts similar semiotic structures into its spatiotemporal setup, players, body politics, media representation, appearance, choreography and spectatorship. It also examines the moral ideologies governing cricket, especially notions of heroism, justice and the spectacle that can be traced back to ancient theatre. It ends with an understanding of how Barthesian wrestling can be used to analyse other contemporary sports too, suggesting directions for further research in this area.KEYWORDS: Barthesian semioticswrestlingcricketspectaclemoralitybody and spatiotemporality AcknowledgementsAt the very outset, I, Surya Nandana, express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Prof. SP Dhanavel for his warm support and guidance, thorough scrutiny of my writing, and valuable and insightful feedback. Then, I wish to thank my fellow research scholars for our interesting, productive and often humorous discussions. Lastly, I thank the Department for its logistical support, and my friends for our interesting brainstorming sessions and loving presence.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsSurya NandanaSurya Nandana is a 2nd-year research scholar at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. The broad field of her research is the semiotics of contemporary Indian cricket, with reference to matches and tournaments, signification systems, representative practices, memory and emotions, body politics, spatiotemporality, history, culture and literature.SP DhanavelSP Dhanavel is a Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Some of his current areas of interest are semiotics, literature, film, sports and academic writing. His larger repertoire includes Indian and world literature, poetry, English language teaching, communication and soft skills. He has edited and published several articles and books, with the latest being Continuing Professional Development of English Language Teachers from Springer Publications.","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"206 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135371171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The radicality and cultural significance of the sweats in Trinidad and Tobago","authors":"Kola Adeosun","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2271180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2271180","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136103324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emotions and leisure: new insights and perspectives","authors":"David S. Scott, Thomas Fletcher","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2243653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2243653","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"29 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136263412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Māori households assembling precarious leisure","authors":"Ahnya Martin, Darrin Hodgetts, Pita King, Denise Blake","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2271185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2271185","url":null,"abstract":"Many members of the precariat in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) struggle to access resources for leisure. This article draws on four interview waves with five precariat Māori (Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa/NZ) households (N = 32 interviews) using mapping and photo-elicitation interviews to explore participant leisure engagements. We document how precarious leisure for some Māori is assembled agentively by participants out of key elements associated with their situations (e.g. financial and housing insecurities) and core Māori principles and processes of whanaungatanga (cultivating positive relationships) and manaakitanga (caring for self and others). Participant accounts foregrounded the importance of mātauranga Māori (systems of knowledge) and culture in shaping contemporary leisure practices that can promote a sense of ontological security, place, belonging, connection, cultural continuity, and self as Māori. Though beneficial to self and others, participant leisure practices are rendered insecure by the resource restraints of life in the precariat.","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"6 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135265900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The influence of leisure patterns on the subjective well-being of the floating population—A social integration perspective","authors":"Pengfei Wang, Xiaodan Cao, Zhaoyu Gao, Xiaoyan Su, Xiang Wei","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2271183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2271183","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis paper uses microdata from the 2017 China Time Use Survey (CTUS) to study the impact of leisure patterns on the subjective well-being of the floating population. We find that latent profile analysis (LPA) divides the leisure time allocation patterns of the Chinese floating population into five types: self-entertainment type, family-friendly type, sports fitness type, social-entertainment type and cultural-artistic type. The empirical results show that the sports fitness type and the cultural-artistic leisure type are the most conducive to the improvement of the subjective well-being of the floating population, followed by the social-entertainment type and the family-friendly type, whereas the self-entertainment type does not contribute to the improvement of subjective well-being. The analysis of the mechanism of action shows that social integration is the mediating variable of the leisure patterns promoting the subjective well-being of the floating population. The conclusion has implications for urban managers to better help the floating population in China integrate into the new environment and improve their quality of life.KEYWORDS: Floating populationleisure patternssubjectivewell-beingsocial integrationChina AcknowledgementsAppreciate the anonymous reviewers for their valuable revision suggestions.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. Regarding the fundamental role of the hukou system in socioeconomic segmentation in China, see Liu (Citation2005), Wang (Citation2004), and Wu and Treiman (Citation2007). Inspired by Jiang et al. (Citation2012), there are three population groups in urban areas due to the China’s Hukou Registration Policy. The first group is the rural migrant group without urban hukou status. The second group are ‘native’ urban residents who have urban hukou from birth. The third group are ‘new citizens’ who had changed their hukou status from rural to urban or from small city to big city status.2. Leisure time, hour/per day.3. The income happiness puzzle refers to the fact that as income levels increase, individual happiness does not increase (Easterlin, Citation1995).4. Due to space limitations, this paper only presents the results that have significance.Additional informationFundingThis paper is supported by research from the Henan Provincial University Science and Technology Innovation Team (23IRTSTHN017), General Project of Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Education Institutions of Henan Province (2024-ZZJH-162) , the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42071198),the General Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China (23BGL174), the 2023 Henan Province Soft Science Research Project (232400410361), the 2023 Central Plains Talent - Central Plains Cultural Youth Talent Program and the 2023 Luoyang Normal University Youth Key Teacher Training Program.Notes on contributorsPengfei WangDr. Pengfei Wang (PhD) is","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"391 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135316345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Horse racing and the growth of hashtag activism","authors":"Mucha Mkono, Aaron Tham, Karen Hughes, Stella Echentille","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2271182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2271182","url":null,"abstract":"The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s pinnacle horse racing event, attracting more than 80,000 physical attendees each year (pre-COVID-19), as well as numerous others watching via live broadcasts around the country and overseas. In recent times, however, there have been growing calls to boycott the event, following concerns over the treatment of horses. New hashtag movements lobbying against horse racing have also emerged, aided by the affordances of social media. However, very little attention has been paid to these digital movements in the animal-based leisure and recreation literature. In this study, we investigate one such growing movement, namely, #Nuptothecup. We explore how horse racing is framed by digital activists, revealing their moral, socio-cultural, and political objections. Our findings suggest a societal shift towards a strong animal ethics sentiment combined with a more generalised disdain towards the racing industry and its wider societal ramifications. We argue that if #Nuptothecup and related activisms continue to gain momentum, the Cup may eventually lose its social licence to operate. Further, we consider potential opportunities for managers to reinvent horse racing’s image and practices, if it is to secure its survival as an Australian recreational institution.","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135883333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“Vertical drinking” in the night-time economy: alcohol licencing and proxies for “uncivilised” drinking bodies","authors":"Jed Meers","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2271181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2271181","url":null,"abstract":"‘Vertical drinking’ is a longstanding concept in alcohol licencing decision-making and the literature on night-time leisure. As the term implies, it concerns drinking alcohol standing up. The proposition is simple: establishments where people stand to drink are associated with less desirable clientele, more drunkenness and a greater likelihood of crime and disorder. Existing research has explored how the concept of ‘Vertical drinking’ – known historically as ‘perpendicular drinking’ – can form part of heavily classed distinctions between ‘civilised’ and ‘uncivilised’ drinking practices. By examining 40 licencing hearings in England under the Licencing Act 2003, this paper demonstrates how vertical drinking serves as a: (i) proxy for ‘uncivilised’ drinking establishments, (ii) a proxy for problematic (working class) drinking bodies, and (iii) how the legal tool of the licence targets problematic drinkers by shaping the establishment in which they drink. Assumptions about problematic drinking bodies – this ‘vertical drinker’ – inform the regulatory distinction between ‘civilised’ and ‘uncivilised’ establishments.","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135823236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The paradoxes and pragmatics of digital leisure in later life","authors":"Riitta Hänninen, Viivi Korpela, Laura Pajula","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2271194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2271194","url":null,"abstract":"In previous studies, older adults (65+) are commonly regarded as a heterogeneous group of technology users who do not utilise digital technologies as frequently or comprehensively as younger age cohorts. There has, however, been less emphasis on how and why digital technologies are used by older adults, especially in terms of their critical attitudes towards digital leisure, which serves as a source of digital, and thereby social, inclusion in later life. In this study we ask (1) what kind of conflicting attitudes and activities, or paradoxes, are there associated with digital leisure in later life and (2) where these paradoxes stem from in the everyday lives of older adults. The qualitative analysis is based on 20 participant-induced elicitation interviews conducted among older Finnish adults in 2018. Drawing from the concept of digital repertoires and our thematic analysis, we conclude that there are discrepancies in how the interviewees viewed their personal involvement with digital leisure and how they engaged with it on daily basis. Our analysis suggests that these discrepancies associated with the use of digital technologies for leisure derive from a strong pragmatic emphasis older adults bestow upon digital leisure, highlighting an instrumental perspective on digital technologies.","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135885013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Arts festivals as polysystems: a case analysis of Morocco music and film festivals","authors":"Youssef Ait Kerroum, Khadija Anasse","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2261656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2261656","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTIn today’s fluid culture, fluid economy and fluid tourism, arts festivals fulfil various and sometimes conflicting functions, but surprisingly little scholarly attention has been paid to this issue. The concern of this note is consequently to fill in this void by specifically providing, exploring and critically examining the multifaceted culture of festivalisation in the urban context. In so doing, the current study draws on two case studies namely Mawazine Festival Rhythms of the World (MFRW) and Marrakech International Film Festival (MIFF). Accordingly, while this research note brings into focus how the concept of polysystem is useful for understanding the complex interactions between different cultural systems, it also argues that a polysystemic approach can help shed light on the complex dynamic interactions between systems and subsystems; and identify the various actors and forces that shape the production and reception of cultural events in the urban milieu.KEYWORDS: FestivalisationMoroccan city eventscultural systemspolysystemic approachreception Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsYoussef Ait KerroumYoussef Ait Kerroum completed his PhD thesis on Festivalisation, Gender perception and Media Framing Within Moroccan City Events in 2022 from the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Languages, Letters and Arts, Ibn Tofail University (ITU), Kénitra, Morocco. The author’s academic interests span several topics within Cultural, Gender and Media Studies, English Language Teaching, Applied Linguistics, and Freelance Translation. The author contributed varied papers in similar aspects to national and international journals and conferences. He got his MA in General Literature and Comparative Criticism from Mohamed V University, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Rabat, Morocco. Youssef Ait Kerroum currently holds the position of an assistant professor at ENS (École Normale Supérieure), Cadi Ayad University (CAU), Marrakech, Morocco.Khadija AnasseKhadija Anasse is a professor of Higher Education at the Faculty of Languages, Letters and Arts, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco. She is a driving force behind the success of the LIARIP research lab at the same faculty. She is the author of an interesting book entitled “A Study of Deverbial Nominals in Ayt Mzal Tashelhiyt- Tlataouanasse Region” (Rabat Net Publishing, Morocco, 2018). She has published in numerous journals and chaired national and international conferences. She directs PhD students and conducts many research projects from LIARIP research lab at ITU.","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"157 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135481370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining the discursive production and deployment of diversity and inclusion in a UK-wide outdoor organisation","authors":"Linda Allin, Zoe Avner, John William Hayton","doi":"10.1080/02614367.2023.2264531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2264531","url":null,"abstract":"This study draws on a Foucauldian lens to examine how diversity and inclusion are produced, understood, experienced, and managed within the context of a UK wide outdoor non-profit organisation that recently began steps to increase the diversity of its workforce. Qualitative semi‐structured interviews were undertaken with 16 adult members of staff (8 male and 8 female), from different levels, roles and leadership positions, and across different locations. Analysis highlighted tensions between historical and cultural legacies of exclusion in the outdoors and diversity and inclusion organisational values and practices. It also highlighted the privileging of certain discursive articulations, rationalities, and diversity management practices over others. These included the need for workforce diversity to better represent the client base, leading to a focus on front-facing staff and instructors, and a project-based approach. Findings suggested there may be a generational shift in talking about diversity and inclusion within the outdoor sector, but alternative voices are not yet powerful enough to provoke meaningful and sustainable change. We propose a critical perspective to challenge unproblematized discourses of progress and call for diversity and inclusion to be embedded within core organisational cultures and working practices to avoid it slipping down the ladder of competing organisational priorities.","PeriodicalId":48002,"journal":{"name":"Leisure Studies","volume":"232 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135592418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}