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Contextualizing Leisure Research to Encompass Complexity in Lived Leisure Experience: The Need for Creative Analytic Practice

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Pages 119-130 | Received 08 Jan 2006, Accepted 01 Oct 2006, Published online: 30 Jan 2007

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