Research Paper on:
Leisure Categories

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increased quality of life. Traditionally there are three main concepts of leisure, that of leisure being the use of residual time, leisure as an activity and leisure as being functional  (Haywood, 1995). In looking at each of these categories each may be seen as having strengths and weaknesses, and in some instances may be seen as self contradictory. The  first category is that of leisure as residual time, meaning that leisure is the opposite to work. There are several problems with this, as it is defined by reference to  the term work, then it is the term work that needs to be defined. Work is often defined at the occupation that is carried out for remuneration, usually through employment,  attentively a more encompassing definition may be that of activities then need to be undertaken, including tasks such as housework. Yet even this is still not all encompassing of all  that can be classified as work, a full definition may be "Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something" (Ditionary.com, 2002). If leisure were  the opposite of work, it would be impossible to have any leisure pursuits that sought to accomplish an outcome. The indication is that work is negative and it is a  task that is chosen rather than enforced or necessary. If this is considered in terms of the 1962 definition of recreation by De Grazia this may be placed into this  context of a chosen pursuit. De Grazia states that this should be "seen as an activity that rests men from work, often by giving them a change (distribution, diversion) and  restores (re-creates) them for work. When adults play as they do, of course, with persons, things and symbols they play for recreation" (quoted in Kraus, 1978). The ability of leisure