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Leisure Spaces

Leisure Spaces is a theoretical construct denoting physical, social, or cultural environments specifically organized to facilitate leisure activities, distinguished by their role in enabling recreational practices and identity formation, particularly within marginalized communities such as queer populations, through the negotiation of accessibility, safety, and belonging.

428

Publications

19.6K

Citations

745

Authors

348

Institutions

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2017–2026

121

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Publications

428

The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts, and How They Get You Through the Day.

Anne Hendershott, Ray Oldenburg · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1991 · 747 citations

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Languages of Place and Discourses of Power: Constructing New Senses of Place

Patricia A. Stokowski · Journal of Leisure Research · 2002 · 420 citations

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The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts, and How They Get You Through the Day.

David M. Hummon, Ray Oldenburg · Social Forces · 1991 · 308 citations

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Leisure Spaces as Potential Sites for Interracial Interaction: Community Gardens in Urban Areas

Kimberly J. Shinew, Troy D. Glover, Diana C. Parry · Journal of Leisure Research · 2004 · 286 citations

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Matter out of place: visibility and sexualities in leisure spaces

Beverley Skeggs · Leisure Studies · 1999 · 249 citations

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Authors

745

  1. KS
    Karl Spracklen

    Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 149 citations

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  2. TD
    Troy D. Glover

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    5 publications · 531 citations

    5

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  3. RA
    Rasul A. Mowatt

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    5 publications · 218 citations

    5

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  4. ML
    Minhui Lin

    South China Agricultural University, China

    4 publications · 97 citations

    4

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  5. AJ
    Amanda J. Johnson

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    4 publications · 235 citations

    4

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Institutions

348

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    878 citations

  3. Leeds Beckett University

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    630 citations

  4. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    479 citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    408 citations

  6. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    293 citations

  7. University of Brighton

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    343 citations

  8. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    433 citations

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Venues

  1. Leisure Studies

    73 publications · 3.6K citations

    33

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  2. Leisure Sciences

    37 publications · 1.8K citations

    24

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  3. Annals of Leisure Research

    23 publications · 700 citations

    17

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  4. Journal of Leisure Research

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

    16

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  5. Leisure/Loisir

    12 publications · 435 citations

    12

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