Culture and Leisure American Leisure How did it

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Culture and Leisure

Culture and Leisure

American Leisure �How did it come about? Switch to 8 hour work days Automobile

American Leisure �How did it come about? Switch to 8 hour work days Automobile created ability to travel Americans wish to fight off industrial woes Collapse of Victorian ideals “ 8 hours for work, 8 hours for rest, 8 hours for what we will. ”

Amusement Parks �Built to meet recreational needs of city folk Early ones were literally

Amusement Parks �Built to meet recreational needs of city folk Early ones were literally parks – gardens, fields, some rides.

Bicycling �Took over nation as popular activity �Gave women a new found freedom (clothing)

Bicycling �Took over nation as popular activity �Gave women a new found freedom (clothing) “I think Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world” - Susan B. Anthony

Recreational Swimming �By 1915 women participated in swimming as a sport alongside men. This

Recreational Swimming �By 1915 women participated in swimming as a sport alongside men. This led to fashion changes, eliminating heavier bathing suits.

Evolution of the Bathing Suit

Evolution of the Bathing Suit

New Ways to Sell Goods �Shopping and the Department Store Turn of the century

New Ways to Sell Goods �Shopping and the Department Store Turn of the century saw rise of consumerism. Customer had more choices. Stores put out catalogues to reach more customers

Goods Cont. �Advertisement Emerges Leisure time = more spending = mass consumerism

Goods Cont. �Advertisement Emerges Leisure time = more spending = mass consumerism

Spectator Sports - Baseball • Baseball emerges as America’s pastime

Spectator Sports - Baseball • Baseball emerges as America’s pastime

College Football �Belief that sport taught young men values of masculinity and regiment.

College Football �Belief that sport taught young men values of masculinity and regiment.

Boxing – A view into race relations �Fights between whites and blacks were regular

Boxing – A view into race relations �Fights between whites and blacks were regular bills (unlike other spectator sports) Why? “For more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African-American on Earth. "

�Johnson vs. Jefferies Outcome caused race riots all over country.

�Johnson vs. Jefferies Outcome caused race riots all over country.

�Emergence of Joe Louis Billed as “clean, law abiding black man. ” Shows how

�Emergence of Joe Louis Billed as “clean, law abiding black man. ” Shows how whites attempted to control athletes

Reflection! �Free write about the changes to culture and leisure during the 20 th-century.

Reflection! �Free write about the changes to culture and leisure during the 20 th-century. Do you see modern America merging?

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