AHS107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Symbolic Interactionism, Motivation, Conspicuous Leisure
27 Nov 2017
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Attach social judgment to it can"t feed my kids, can"t provide, etc. Use money for improper use (money or drugs: define leisure: the use of free time. Quick picture of canadian poverty: significant and persistent in canada as millions are poor and hundreds of thousands are living on incomes that can"t get them above poverty line. Measuring social class: common way to measure social class: socioeconomic status. It allows us to see where the majority of people fit into society and to make general assumptions about lifestyle and leisure practices and needs. Income level: socioeconomic status is made up of a number of components, what a person does for a living occupation, reputation or status, possessions (eg: property, family history. Social class important to leisure: thorstein veblen (1899) - the theory of the leisure class. Leisure seen as a way to convey social class status express expensive and refined tastes (eg: good, wine, cultural activities, cars, houses, etc)
