Capitalism, patriarchy and ideologies of leisure

Abstract

This chapter builds on the theoretical premises outlined in the previous chapter and attempts to move towards an understanding of leisure from a socialist feminist perspective. It is informed by theoretical writings in the area of cultural studies rather than by more conventional work in leisure studies. We find the critical approach to the analysis of cultural forms which is characteristic of British cultural studies to be useful in highlighting the problematic nature of our taken-for-granted assumptions about leisure.