The Committed Reader: Reading for Utility, Pleasure, and Fulfillment in the Twenty-First Century

By Robert A. Stebbins

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This book is a study of committed reading, an activity animated by three main motives: utilitarian, pleasurable, and self-fulfilling. They are examined within the frameworks of library and information science and the serious leisure perspective as manifested across life's domains of work, leisure, and non-work obligation.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0810885964

ISBN13:9780810885967

Release Date:October 2012

Publisher:Scarecrow Press

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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