Journal article
Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization
JOURNAL OF LEISURE RESEARCH, v 54(1)
01 Jan 2023
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Abstract
Recreation specialization through the lenses of social worlds is a common approach used to describe how people define and are defined by recreation activities. This ethnographic study investigates the social worlds of cribbage players. The study analyzes cultural structures through the lenses of closeness, inclusiveness, and recreation specialization. Using survey questionnaires, informal interviews, and researcher observations, data were collected at cribbage events over a period of 3 years. Findings reveal a distinct cribbage culture characterized by varying levels of commitment, specialization, and degrees of connectedness. The study contributes to the currently limited literature on social worlds and indoor recreation specialization. It provides insight as to how people align at a community level to find meaning via recreational activities. Data also reveals a lack of social diversity in the cribbage community. Findings could be used in leisure programming for diversity and inclusion at community and grassroots levels.
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- Title
- Cribbage culture and social worlds: An analysis of closeness, inclusiveness, and specialization
- Publication Details
- JOURNAL OF LEISURE RESEARCH, v 54(1)
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC; PHILADELPHIA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000909846700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85145907212
- Other Identifier
- 991021861177404721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
- Sociology