REC100 Lecture Notes - Differential Association, Anomie, Euphemism
22 Nov 2012
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Activities on the fringe of social acceptability. Individuals engage in pastimes that society considers deviant. Defined as delinquent activities that bring pleasure to participants, but to society, they are destructive and negative uses of free time (if done in excess) A matter of degree (occasional drink versus alcoholic) Taboo leisure those pursuits that involve activities that are typically illicit because they challenge societal norms, laws, customs, or belief systems (russell, 2002) Not so much purple, but she wants to say they are illicit leisure. Terms are morally ambiguous (kelly & freysinger, 2000) Where do we draw the line: it is hard to. In response to criticisms, terms such as leisure"s other side, leisure"s darker side, . Explanations have been sought in attempts to reduce its incidence: addiction, anomie (psychological) and differential association(social) Two theoretical explanations (anomie and differential association) and one leisure response. A feeling of disconnection from mainstream society. Lack of being governed by societal norms.
