Leisure and Work in China

This is the first book to explore the meaning and significance of leisure in Chinese society, as well as the relationship between leisure and work that reveals so much about a society’s cultural values.

Huimei Liu is Professor in the School of Philosophy at Zhejiang University, China. She has been instrumental in establishing 21st-century leisure studies in China. Integrating philosophical, socio-psychological, and cultural perspectives, her key research areas encompass leisure’s relationship with happiness, work, ethics, identity, education, and health. Her work has appeared in a wide range of leisure journals, and Huimei has held visiting scholarships at Pennsylvania State University, USA (2007-08) and the University of Alberta, Canada (2012-14, 2016). She is currently Managing Editor of Leisure Studies, Associate Editor of the Journal of Leisure Research, Associate Editor of Leisure Sciences, and Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure.