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The Social Dynamics of Space Constructions and Leisure Lifestyles

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Abstract

In this chapter we explore the relationships between different segments of the community as mapped through their leisure behaviours. We do this through a consideration of the different constructions of the ‘same’ place held by second home owners and long-term residents. The community in question is a rural one in the Yorkshire Dales National Park where we examine the divergence between production and consumption as the driver for using space. We show how the consumption needs of the second home owners contrast with the production needs of the local residents and insert into this mix the in-migrants now living in the community but still identified as distinct. More than this, their constructions of the idea of the Dales differs. Our main analytical goal is to understand how leisure activities are embedded in the social dynamic of this community based on the binary concept of ‘authentic’ and ‘inauthentic’ space (Urry, 1995, p. 140). Before considering the empirical data, however, we need to establish the background context: first in terms of the nature of space and then in terms of second homes.

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  1. University of Central Lancashire, UK

    Sean Gammon (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

  2. Northumbria University, UK

    Sam Elkington (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

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Pereira, A.P.C., Long, J. (2015). The Social Dynamics of Space Constructions and Leisure Lifestyles. In: Gammon, S., Elkington, S. (eds) Landscapes of Leisure. Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137428530_4

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