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leisure studies  

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  • Leisure studies is an academic discipline that studies leisure, combining theories and methods from sociology, psychology, economics, history, geography, and many other disciplines. Foundations Leisure studies was created in North America in the 1950s and 60s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Leisure Studies]

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