ABSTRACT
Without question, feminist insights have pushed the field into important directions that serve to illustrate the complexities of the leisure landscape, expand the body of knowledge, complicate other identities through intersectionality, and emphasize the politics of its practice. Continuing this storied legacy, the purpose of this book is to explore the possibilities, opportunities, and challenges of fourth wave feminism in advancing leisure studies. To set the stage for the chapters that follow, this introductory chapter will review the history, ideological underpinnings, and main tenets of fourth wave feminism. Our historical examination begins with an inquiry into the wave metaphor most frequently used to describe key moments in feminist thinking.
