For fun and profit : the transformation of leisure into consumption / edited by Richard Butsch.

Contributor(s): Butsch, Richard, 1943- [editor]
Language: English Series: Critical perspectives on the pastPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1990Description: viii, 239 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0877226768 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Leisure industry -- United States -- History | Leisure -- Economic aspects -- United States | Popular culture -- Economic aspects -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.4779001350973 LOC classification: GV188.3.U6 | F67 1990
Contents:
Introduction: leisure and hegemony in America / Richard Butsch -- Pessimism versus populism: the problematic politics of popular culture / John Clarke -- Pacifying American theatrical audiences, 1820-1900 / Bruce A. McConachie -- "Adopted by all the leading clubs": sporting goods and the shaping of leisure, 1800-1900 / Stephen Hardy -- Commercial leisure and the "Woman Question" / Kathy Peiss -- Big time, small time, all around the town: New York vaudeville in the early twentieth century / Robert W. Snyder -- The movie palace comes to America's cities / Douglas Gomery -- The United States Forest Service and the postwar commodification of outdoor recreation / L. Sue Greer -- A historical comparison of children's use of leisure time / Ellen Wartella and Sharon Mazzarella -- "How does it feel when you've got no food?" the past as present in popular music / George Lipsitz. Home video and corporate plans: capital's limited power to manipulate leisure / Richard Butsch.
Summary: During the nineteenth century, leisure industries emerged to provide recreation and entertainment to Americans of all classes. Entertainment has become a multi-billion dollar industry. The essays collected here explore the transformation this wrought in leisure and analyze its effects on class relations in American society.
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Introduction: leisure and hegemony in America / Richard Butsch --
Pessimism versus populism: the problematic politics of popular culture / John Clarke --
Pacifying American theatrical audiences, 1820-1900 / Bruce A. McConachie --
"Adopted by all the leading clubs": sporting goods and the shaping of leisure, 1800-1900 / Stephen Hardy --
Commercial leisure and the "Woman Question" / Kathy Peiss --
Big time, small time, all around the town: New York vaudeville in the early twentieth century / Robert W. Snyder --
The movie palace comes to America's cities / Douglas Gomery --
The United States Forest Service and the postwar commodification of outdoor recreation / L. Sue Greer --
A historical comparison of children's use of leisure time / Ellen Wartella and Sharon Mazzarella --
"How does it feel when you've got no food?" the past as present in popular music / George Lipsitz. Home video and corporate plans: capital's limited power to manipulate leisure / Richard Butsch.

During the nineteenth century, leisure industries emerged to provide recreation and entertainment to Americans of all classes. Entertainment has become a multi-billion dollar industry. The essays collected here explore the transformation this wrought in leisure and analyze its effects on class relations in American society.

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