Leisure, citizenship and working-class men in Britain, 1850-1945
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Leisure, citizenship and working-class men in Britain, 1850-1945
（Studies in popular culture）
Manchester University Press , distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2009, c2005
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Originally published: 2005
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index
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内容説明
From the bawdy audience of a Victorian Penny Gaff to the excitable crowd of an early twentieth century football match, working-class male leisure proved to be a contentious issue for contemporary observers. For middle-class social reformers from across the political spectrum, the spectacle of popular leisure offered a view of working-class habits, and a means by which lifestyles and behaviour could be assessed. For the mid-Victorians, gingerly stepping into a new mass democratic age, the desire to create a bond between the recently enfranchised male worker and the nation was more important than ever. This trend continued as those in governance perceived that 'good' leisure and citizenship could fend off challenges to social stability such as imperial decline, the mass degenerate city, hooliganism, civic and voter apathy and fascism. Thus, between 1850 and 1945 the issue of male leisure became enmeshed with changing contemporary debates on the encroaching mass society and its implications for good citizenry. Working-class culture has often been depicted as an atomised and fragmented entity lacking any significant cultural contestation. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary source material, this book powerfully challenges these recent assumptions and places social class centre stage once more. Arguing that there was a remarkable continuity in male working-class culture between 1850 and 1945, Beaven contends that despite changing socio-economic contexts, male working-class culture continued to draw from a tradition of active participation and cultural contestation that was both class and gender exclusive. This lively and readable book draws from fascinating accounts from those who participated in and observed contemporary popular leisure making it of importance to students and teachers of social history, popular culture, urban history, historical geography, historical sociology and cultural studies. -- .
目次
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Rational recreation and the creation of the model citizen, c. 1850-1914 2. The era of mass leisure: the pleasure seeking citizen, 1870-1914 3. Fearing for the Empire: male youth, work and leisure, 1870-1914 4. Male leisure in the industrial suburb: the rise of 'suburban neurosis'? 1918-1939 5. Male youth, work and leisure 1918-1939: a continuity in life style 6. The era of mass communication: working-class male leisure and 'good' citizenship between the wars 7. Male leisure and citizenship in the Second World War Conclusion Bibliography
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