Chris Rojek

I have written widely in the areas of popular culture, leisure and celebrity. I have lectured on these subjects in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Crete, Norway, Sweden, Ireland and India.

Research Interests

Celebrity, Event Management, Leisure and Tourism, Popular Culture

PhD Supervision

Celebrity Studies, Leisure, Touris, Popular Music, Popular Culture, Event Management

Publications

Journal Papers

(2007) Rojek, C., George Ritzer and the crisis of the public intellectual, Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 29 (1) : 3- 21

(2006) Rojek, C., Sports celebrity and the civilizing process, Sport in Society 9 (4) : 674- 690

(2005) Rojek, C., An outline of the action approach to leisure studies, Leisure Studies 24 (1) : 13- 25

(2005) Rojek, C., On a rant by a little musketeer: A reply to Bill Schwarz, International Journal of Cultural Studies 8 (4) : 486- 503

(2005) Rojek, C., P2P leisure exchange: Net banditry and the policing of intellectual property, Leisure Studies 24 (4) : 357- 369

(2004) Rojek, C., Leisure life: Myth, masculinity and modernity., JOURNAL OF LEISURE RESEARCH 36 (1) : 128- 130

(2004) Rojek, C., The consumerist syndrome in contemporary society: An interview with Zygmunt Bauman, Journal of Consumer Culture 4 (3) : 291- 312

(2002) Rojek, C., Civil labour, leisure and post work society, LOISIR & SOCIETE-SOCIETY AND LEISURE 25 (1) : 21- 35

(2002) Rojek, C., The post-auratic president, AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST 46 (4) : 487- 500

(2000) Rojek, C. and Turner, B., Decorative sociology: towards a critique of the cultural turn, SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 48 (4) : 629- 648

(2000) Rojek, C., Leisure and the rich today: Veblen's thesis after a century, Leisure Studies 19 (1) : 1- 15

(1999) Pronovost, G. and Rojek, C., Introduction - Heritage and challenges to the sociology of leisure, LOISIR & SOCIETE-SOCIETY AND LEISURE 22 (1) : 15- 17

(1998) Rojek, C., Stuart hall and the antinomian tradition, International Journal of Cultural Studies 1 (1) : 45- 65

(1997) Rojek, C., A wonderful world + The modern tourist, an excerpt from 'Ways of Escape', REVISTA DE OCCIDENTE (193) : 56- 69

(1997) Rojek, C., Not at home: The suppression of domesticity in modern art and architecture - Reed,C, THEORY CULTURE & SOCIETY 14 (2) : 151- 152

(1997) Rojek, C., Virtual geography: Living with global media events - Wark,M, THEORY CULTURE & SOCIETY 14 (2) : 151- 152

(1997) Rojek, C., 'Leisure' in the writings of Walter Benjamin, Leisure Studies 16 (3) : 155- 171

(1997) Rojek, C., Leisure theory: Retrospect and prospect, LOISIR & SOCIETE-SOCIETY AND LEISURE 20 (2) : 383- 400

(1993) ROJEK, C., THE SHAPE OF CULTURE - A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL-PATTERNS IN THE UNITED-STATES - BLAU,JR, THEORY CULTURE & SOCIETY 10 (1) : 168- 168

(1990) Rojek, C., Baudrillard and leisure, Leisure Studies 9 (1) : 7- 20

(1988) ROJEK, C. and COLLINS, S., CONTRACT OR CON TRICK REVISITED - COMMENTS, BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK 18 (6) : 611- 622

(1988) Rojek, C. and Collins, S., Contract or con trick revisited: Comments on the reply by corden and preston-shoot, British Journal of Social Work 18 (6) : 611- 622

(1988) Rojek, C., The convoy of pollution, Leisure Studies 7 (1) : 21- 31

(1987) ROJEK, C. and COLLINS, SA., CONTRACT OR CON TRICK, BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK 17 (2) : 199- 211

(1987) ROJEK, C. and WILSON, DC., WORKERS SELF-MANAGEMENT IN THE WORLD SYSTEM - THE YUGOSLAV CASE, ORGANIZATION STUDIES 8 (4) : 297- 308

(1986) ROJEK, C., PROBLEMS OF INVOLVEMENT AND DETACHMENT IN THE WRITINGS OF ELIAS,NORBERT, BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 37 (4) : 584- 596

(1986) ROJEK, C., TALCOTT PARSONS AND THE CAPITALIST NATION-STATE - BUXTON,W, SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY 67 (3) : 653- 653

(1986) ROJEK, C., THE SUBJECT IN SOCIAL-WORK, BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK 16 (1) : 65- 77

(1986) ROJEK, C., CONVERGENCE, DIVERGENCE AND THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATION STUDIES 7 (1) : 25- 36

(1984) Rojek, C., Did Marx have a theory of leisure?, Leisure Studies 3 (2) : 163- 174

(1984) ROJEK, C., TYPOLOGIES OF EDUCATION AND THE CAPITALIST WORLD SYSTEM, BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION 5 (3) : 213- 225

(1983) Rojek, C., Emancipation and demoralization: contrasting approaches in the sociology of leisure., Leisure Studies 2 (1) : 83- 96

Conference Papers

(2001) Rojek, C., Leisure and life politics, Annual Meeting of the American-Sociological-Association, LEISURE SCIENCES (23) : 115- 125

(1999) Rojek, C., Abnormal leisure: Invasive, mephitic and wild forms, 14th World Congress of Sociology, LOISIR & SOCIETE-SOCIETY AND LEISURE (22) : 21- 37

Books

(Forthcoming) Rojek, C., Pop music, pop culture. Polity Press

(2010) Various., Celebrity, 4-Vol. Set.

(2010) Various., Leisure Studies. Sage Publications Ltd

(2009) Rojek, C., The Labour of Leisure. SAGE Publications Ltd

(2005) Rojek, C., Leisure theory: principles and practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

(2004) Rojek, C., Frank Sinatra. Cambridge: Polity

(2003) Rojek, C., Stuart Hall. Cambridge: Polity

(2001) Rojek, C., Celebrity. London: Reaktion