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Category : Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Profitable Hobbies
Hobbies
Author: Steven M. GelberPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231504232
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
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.
Profitable Hobbies Handbook
Author: Alan D. HaasPublisher:
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Category : Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Information and References on Handicrafts and Home Products for Profit
Author: Lelia EassonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Money-making Hobbies
Author: Joseph LeemingPublisher:
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Category : Handicraft
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Business Service Bulletin
Author: Directory of National Organizations for Recreation
Author: United States. Department of the Air ForcePublisher:
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Category : Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Great Eastern Railway Magazine
Author: London and North Eastern RailwayPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Metal Worker, Plumber and Steam Fitter
Author: The Gender and Consumer Culture Reader
Author: Jennifer R. ScanlonPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814781314
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In this consumer culture studies anthology, 23 reprinted essays (1934-98) consider both the empowering and disempowering elements of consumerism. In her introduction, Scanlon (women's studies, Plattsburgh State U. of New York) views consumer culture as a collaborative process, not simply a matter of perpetrators and victims. The themes the essays address are: stretching the boundaries of the domestic sphere; you are what you buy; the message makers; and sexuality, pleasure and resistance in consumer culture. The book features bandw illustrations promoting the cults of domesticity and identity through proper consumption. It lacks an index. c. Book News Inc.
