Hobbies Leisure and the Culture of Work in America

Name: Hobbies Leisure and the Culture of Work in America
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ISBN: 9780231113939

ISBN-10: 0231113935

ISBN-13: 9780231113939

Edition: 1999

Authors: Steven Gelber

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Whether it's needlepoint or woodworking, collecting stamps or dolls, everyone has a hobby, or is told they need one. But why do we fill our leisure time with the activities we do? And what do our hobbies say about our culture? Steven Gelber here traces the history and significance of hobbies from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1950s. Although hobbies are often touted as a break from work, Gelber demonstrates that they reflect and reproduce the values and activities of the workplace by bringing utilitarian rationality into the home, imitating the economic stratification of the marketplace, and reinforcing traditional gender roles. Drawing on a wide array of social and cultural…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 6/25/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.91" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Context and Theory



Hobbies as a Category



Occupations for Free Time



Collecting



The Collectible Object



Collectors



Constructing a Collector's Market



Deconstructing a Collector's Market



Handicrafts



Crafts, Tools, and Gender in the Nineteenth Century



Expanding the Boundaries of Crafts



Home Crafts in Hard Times



Kits: Assembly as Craft



Do-It-Yourself: Expected Leisure


Conclusion


Notes


Index