Table of Contents

Introduction: [Re]positioning second homes within leisure studies 1. Critical commentary: second homes 2. Host community perceptions of the contributions of second homes 3. Second home leisure landscapes and retirement in the Canadian Rocky Mountain community of Canmore, Alberta 4. Summering in Japanese hill stations: an analysis of villa ownership in modern Karuizawa 5. Trouble at home: diasporic second homes as leisure space across generations 6. Second homeowners hosting friends and relatives 7. The luxury of leisure and pleasure at the New Zealand second home

About the Author

Trudie Walters is a sessional lecturer in the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Her research interests surround the socio-cultural aspects of tourism and mobility.


Tara Duncan is a lecturer in the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Her research interests surround the socio-cultural aspects of tourism and mobility.