Demonstrating the breadth of ethnomethodological analysis and showing how no topic is beyond ethnomethodology's fundamental respecification, Ethnomethodology at Play sets out for the serious reader and researcher the precise contribution of ethnomethodology to sociological studies of sport and leisure and ordinary domestic pastimes. As such this ground-breaking volume constitutes a significant contribution to both ethnomethodology and sociology in general, as well as to the sociology of sport and leisure, the sociology of domestic and daily life and cultural studies.

Peter Tolmie is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Computer Science and IT at the University of Nottingham, UK, and co-editor of Ethnomethodology at Work. Mark Rouncefield is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK, and co-editor of Ethnomethodology at Work.

Overview: Garfinkel's Bastards at Play; I: Domestic Pleasures; 1: Cooking for Pleasure; 2: Reading for Pleasure: Bedtime Stories; II: Having a Hobby; 3: Identifying Birds by their Song; 4: Seeing Fish; 5: All At Sea: The Use of Practical Formalisms in Yachting; 6: Remixing Music Together: The Use and Abuse of Virtual Studio Software as a Hobby; III: 'Getting Out of the House'; 7: A Day Out in the Country; 8: Playing Dangerously: An Ethnomethodological View upon Rock-Climbing; 9: Distance Running as Play/Work: Training-Together as a Joint Accomplishment; IV: Doing Stuff Together; 10: Playing in Irish Music Sessions; 11: Vine Right, Shimmy, Shimmy! Accomplishing Order* in a Line Dancing Class; 12: Encounters at the Counter: The Relationship between Regulars and Staff