Tounsm o he Ho Community James Murdy Andrew Ynnakis a Josh h 3

Abstract:  Over the past thirty years, recreation/leisure researchers have grappled with concepts regarding ethnicity. race and recreation. Past research has suffered from met.hodologmal and operational inconsistencies. This paper offers a review of previous research involving ethnicity and recreation. Variables used in previous studies are re-examined and reconceptualized to reflect a richer construct of ethnicity: subcultural identity. In addition to the reconceptualization of variable operationatization, this paper provides a framework that Mentitles the important factors to consider when researching ethnicity and recreation, and the relationships between these factors.