The Semiotic Self and Serious Leisure

Examinations of the self and leisure are uncommon, not to mention those bearing on leisure and the semiotic self. The goal
of this article is to help correct this deficiency. To this end, the serious leisure perspective is presented, followed by
a discussion of how it is related to the semiotic self as formulated by Norbert Wiley. The principal vehicle by which this
is accomplished is by way of the meaning of leisure. Moreover participants in serious leisure find there a powerfully attractive
leisure career, an experience that is unavailable in the other two forms: casual and project-based leisure. This career frames
the development of the semiotic self through leisure.