SOC 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Culture Industry, Nuclear Family, Industrial Revolution
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In the 1830, a primarily farming economy, recreation was closely tied to work in the form of holidays and festivals associated with the particular times in the agricultural calendar, and everyday social interaction occurred as part of farm labour. In comparison with popular culture today and the 1830"s was the traditional recreation was mostly homemade, consisting of games, dancing and sports. It was popular culture through the rosy haze of nostalgia (less commercialized (television and games), and more wholesome and community-minded) Fun was mostly free and there was a strong attachment to the natural world and the good connection among the people. The negative side was that the emphasized social solidarity over individual pleasure or inclination: example: there are alternative for men or women who weren"t interested in heterosexual coupling. The industrial revolution brought new identities and pleasures and also new kinds of brutality (cruelty) There was restrictions on the different kinds of recreation that could take place.