Too tired for exercise? The work and leisure of female cleaners in Denmark
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Too tired for exercise? The work and leisure of female cleaners in Denmark. / Lenneis, Verena; Pfister, Gertrud Ursula.
In: Leisure Studies, Vol. 36, No. 4, 2017, p. 530-541.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Too tired for exercise? The work and leisure of female cleaners in Denmark
AU - Lenneis, Verena
AU - Pfister, Gertrud Ursula
N1 - CURIS 2017 NEXS 188
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The aim of this study was to explore the opportunities and challenges of female cleaners with regard to participation in leisure time physical activity (LTPA). We gained information about their everyday lives via semi-structured interviews with 25 women, most of them from rural Turkey. Drawing on the relevant literature on women’s work–life balance and (migrant) women’s participation in LTPA, we approached their work and leisure from an intersectionality perspective and explored if and how female cleaners engaged in LTPA and which constraints impeded their involvement. The interviewees’ narratives revealed that their everyday lives as unskilled migrant workers had a decisive influence on their opportunities of engaging in LTPA: most women struggled with the demands of a physically exhausting job and an extensive ‘second shift’ at home and therefore had great difficulty finding the time and energy to exercise. However, previous experience of LTPA seemed to have a decisive influence on their current LTPA practices.
AB - The aim of this study was to explore the opportunities and challenges of female cleaners with regard to participation in leisure time physical activity (LTPA). We gained information about their everyday lives via semi-structured interviews with 25 women, most of them from rural Turkey. Drawing on the relevant literature on women’s work–life balance and (migrant) women’s participation in LTPA, we approached their work and leisure from an intersectionality perspective and explored if and how female cleaners engaged in LTPA and which constraints impeded their involvement. The interviewees’ narratives revealed that their everyday lives as unskilled migrant workers had a decisive influence on their opportunities of engaging in LTPA: most women struggled with the demands of a physically exhausting job and an extensive ‘second shift’ at home and therefore had great difficulty finding the time and energy to exercise. However, previous experience of LTPA seemed to have a decisive influence on their current LTPA practices.
KW - Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet
KW - Gender
KW - Intersectionality
KW - Migrants
KW - Physical activity
KW - Qulitative methods
U2 - 10.1080/02614367.2016.1216579
DO - 10.1080/02614367.2016.1216579
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 36
SP - 530
EP - 541
JO - Leisure Studies
JF - Leisure Studies
SN - 0261-4367
IS - 4
ER -
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