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Hobbies: Leisure and the Culture of Work in America Paperback - 1999

by 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 theory, Hobbies fills a critical gap in American cultural history and provides a compelling new perspective on the meaning of leisure.

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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? Seven 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 theory, HOBBIES fills a critical gap in American cultural history and provides a compelling new perspective on the meaning of leisure.

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  • Title Hobbies: Leisure and the Culture of Work in America
  • Author Steven Gelber
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised ed.
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
  • Publication date 1999-06-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780231113939 / 0231113935
  • Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.13 x 0.83 in (22.96 x 15.57 x 2.11 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Library of Congress subjects Social change - United States, Leisure - Social aspects - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98048421
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.481

About the author

Stephen Gelber is professor of history and chair of the History Department at Santa Clara University. He is the author of Black Men and Businessmen: The Growing Awareness of a Social Responsibility and Saving the Earth: The History of a Middle-Class Millenarian Movement.
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