Leisure in the Time of Coronavirus

<p>As the world grapples with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on almost every news website across social media as well as in its (many) absences leisure has taken on new significance in both managing and negotiating a global crisis. </p><p>Leisure in the Time of Coronavirus: A Rapid Response amidst the disruption inconvenience illness fear uncertainty tragedy and loss from COVID-19 generates discussions that enable leisure scholars to learn and to engage with wider debates about the crucial role of leisure in people’s lives. The pandemic has brought tourism to a standstill with borders closed and travel restricted. From home (for those fortunate enough to have them) in physical isolation and in attempts to socialize at no time in recent memory has leisure seemed so vital and yet also so hauntingly absent. Leisure therefore remains an important lens through which to view question and understand the world. </p><p>The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal <i>Leisure Sciences</i>.</p>