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Title The Secret World of Doing Nothing.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource (279 pages)
Contents	The Secret World of Doing Nothing; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Waiting; 2. Routines; 3. Daydreaming; 4. In the Backyards of Modernity?; Appendix: Doing an Ethnography of "Non-events"; Notes; References; Index.
Summary	"This is one of those rare books that causes you to rethink all your previous understandings of both time and space, to pay attention to what you have hitherto ignored or belittled. Full of fascinating detail, Ehn and Lofgren's work opens up a whole new field of inquiry."John Gillis, author of Islands of the Mind: How the Human Imagination Created the Atlantic World "This is a beautifully written and elegant book, deeply thoughtful but accessible to anyone. The Secret World of Doing Nothing is an essential field guide for understanding daily life; a delightful way to find out w.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Leisure -- Philosophy.
	Leisure -- Psychological aspects.
	Social sciences.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
	Leisure -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00996032
	Leisure -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00996036
	Fritid -- teori, filosofi.
	Fritid -- psykologiska aspekter.
Added Author	Ehn, Billy, 1946-
Other Form:	Print version: Lfgren, Orvar. Secret World of Doing Nothing. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520262638
ISBN	9780520945708 (electronic bk.)
	0520945700 (electronic bk.)

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