A Genealogy of Summer Camp

Mandi Baker

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32501-5_2

A Genealogy of Summer Camp

Mandi Baker

COCA - Centre for Organisational Change and Agility

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This chapter explores the historical, social and cultural contexts of summer camp via the dominant articulations of camp experiences in popular culture and academic publications. The genealogy of summer camp, addressed in this chapter, reviews the many discourses that shape both the expectations and experiences of contemporary summer camp participants. This chapter also foregrounds the theoretical discussions detailed in Chap. 3 by way of taking a post-structuralist approach to the genealogy of summer camp experiences. This approach recognises that the articulations made for and by camp managers, academics and organisational leaders shape summer camp experiences for the many stakeholders involved, including themselves. Camp management practices deserve critical reflection in order to understand their influence on camp counsellor employment experiences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Becoming and Being a Camp Counsellor
Subtitle of host publication	Discourse, Power Relations and Emotions
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Pages	23-52
Number of pages	30
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9783030325015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32501-5_2
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	Leisure Studies in a Global Era

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