Cultural Concepts Of Leisure In Modern American Culture

The Native American’s way of living was different from the Europeans. They believed that man is ruled by respect and reverence for nature and that nature is an

     One of the more interesting aspects that Peiss mentions about the change in the demographics of the labor force directly relates to the way leisure time is spent. Peiss mentions many statistics that show how the working woman was quickly refusing household work and moving to the factory or office position. More specifically, a study of 370 working mothers showed 70 percent of them to be employed in domestic and personal service while the vast majority of their daughters worked in stores, offices, and factories (Cheap Amusements, 39). The significance of this change lies in the resulting change in attitude about leisure time. Now, a clearer distinction between time spent at work and

Colonial Recreation and Leisure: How did changing Anglo-American attitudes about work, labor, and leisure in the 1600s and 1700s shape the recreational practices of colonial America? What does Nancy Struna mean by the “leisure

As I make my way on this journey that is my life, I realize that I have always believed in the fundamental worth of all humanity and my responsibility as a fellow human being to respect this premise and also to support individuals, as much as I am able, to help unearth it should this basic truth become hidden to them. This is a guiding principle for me and I believe that many of the constructs of the field of Therapeutic Recreation (TR) are congruent with this philosophy. Making the decision to obtain a Therapeutic Recreation Specialization (TRS) degree offered a theoretical rationale in which to further explore the concept of leisure, define my professional philosophy and an opportunity to reflect critically on the field which I have

Leisure at the turn of the twentieth century was a new found type of freedom and entertainment, not only for the children, but for the entire family. It was a way for numerous families to spend quality time together but in a more modern and convenient way. Entertainment before the twentieth century consisted of household entertainment, such as board games, and “backyard games” like tennis, and football amongst others. When compared to leisure in the twentieth century, many of these activities were seen as “outdated”, as more and more people started to adopt the new ways of entertainment. Some examples were the openings of catalogs, sports, cinemas, amusement parks.

During the industrial revolution, married women often still stayed home as it was what they were accustomed to, because they had already lived life for so long with the mindset that they must be the home makers and men would bring home the money and food. However, once the

Individuals often have the thought that Native Americans are wealthy due to the casinos that they have on the reservations. “Everybody in Reardan assumed we Spokane's made lots of money because we had a casino. But that casino, mismanaged and too far away from major highways, was a money-losing business.” (Sherman 119) Although the reservation did have a casino it was not profitable due to the maladministration.

Almost everyone has some kind of leisure time whether it is a couple hours or a couple days. What varies is the type of recreational activities people choose to do during that time. Although leisure and recreation is chosen based on ones unique individual interests, there are many sociocultural factors that influence the type of recreational activities we do, when we do it and how often we do it. These factors include political,

History can be remarkably informative, giving us a perspective that few other things can. The life of an average married woman in the 1950s was a society-endorsing template. For the majority of women in the 50s, maintenance of the house and the welfare of their family were fundamental priorities. This was the age of conformity. Men were the suppliers of their families. Women had no thought for the unfeminine problems of the world outside of the home. The author posts a perfectly reasonable position about balancing one’s life and work; having some time set aside where nothing is planned, because idle time, while it is not boast-worthy, is necessary for relaxation and creativity. Drinking coffee on the porch is usually a time of relaxation and

Research on leisure constraints have shown that recent immigrants and refugees experience a bigger change in leisure patterns compared to their long-standing counterparts (Juniu 2000, Stodolska, 2000). As time in the US increases leisure participation will gradually increase as well, which could be due to improved language skills and cultural knowledge.

Culture, ethnicity and race affects people's leisure choices in a variety of ways. First of all, culture affects people's leisure choices such as people in the India or Afghanistan are famous for playing cricket. Race and ethnicity also affects my personal leisure choices based on my cultural and religious views. Living in a diverse society, with racists and different ethnic backgrounds we have different views of leisure. Education, income, employment, race and beliefs affect everyone’s leisure choices. For example, more wealthier individuals like to play golf. Golf is considered to a sport for rich people and

For example, people who enjoy the Arts then become an artist like Pablo Picasso, Leonardo DaVinci, Claude Monte, Claude Mante, and Jan Van Eyck these artists have created some of the world most beautiful, extraordinary, and vibrant paintings that the world have or know to date. This example of the artists show that even leisure time can achieve success, even if the topics or ideas seem to be under minded by others saying it’s a waste of time and it should be spent on something more useful for society rather than relaxation. As for me, another individual whose philosophy is based on the foundation of education and work, I do believe that leisure can make someone successful but it all depends on the leisurely things he/she does in that time duration. Furthermore, the way to success can be showed in myriad of opportunities but one of the most common ways to become successful is the foundation of education

Traditionally, an Indian woman had only four roles and those were; Her role as a daughter, wife, sister, and lastly, a mother. The women in today’s time however are experiencing far reaching changes and are entering into new fields that were unknown to them. They are actively participating in social, economic and political activities. Unlike the older times, women today have received higher education.

Social lives start and finish with leisure activity. Leisure activity starts social lives because it generates the time that can be spent to engage in recreational time or leisure time. Furthermore, an individual’s activity does not have to be a group activity it can be a solo activity because when the individual is not with friends or families the activity that their doing will be because of a certain socio-cultural factor. Therefore, an individual will workout because of the gender identity and the double bind of masculinity. The reason for this is because most men will workout to change their appearance to become more masculine and powerful but are not suppose to care about their appearance.

At the beginning of this course leisure was a topic I did not give much thought to and I felt like I did not have the time to spare to put much thought into. To me, all leisure meant was having free time to do whatever it is that I wanted to do. But after analyzing my life I noticed that I had surrounded my life with solely work and school and my “free time” was anytime I spent watching television and anytime I slept. However, after taking this course I learned that leisure meant more much than that. Now leisure to me means, as Richard Kraus states, leisure is “time which is not devoted to work or work-connected responsibilities or to other forms of discretionary or unobligated time,” (Olson et al., 2003, 12). The “time” in which Kraus